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Proceedings of the Seminar on Thermal Performance of High Burn-Up Lwr Fuel: 3-6 March 1998, Commissariat a Lenergie Atomique (Cea) Cadarache, France (OECD Proceedings)


by NEA
by France

2 New starting at: $219.96
3 Used starting at: $49.99
Sales Rank: 3818244
Studio: Not Avail
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 389
Publication Date: December 31, 1969
Publisher: Not Avail


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Book Description
Proper heat removal from the fuel is essential for the safe operation of nuclear reactors used for electricity production. As nuclear fuel is burnt it undergoes important changes, including a degradation of its thermal conductivity. This important phenomenon needs to be reliably predicted in order to make better use of the fuel, a factor which can help to achieve the economic competitiveness required by today's markets. This report communicates the results of an international seminar which reviewed recent progress in the field of nuclear fuel thermal conductivity and sought to improve the models used in computer codes predicting thermal performance. State-of-the-art knowledge is presented for both uranium-oxide and mixed-oxide fuels loaded in water reactors.
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