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Title: | Improvement Of The Burnup Of the First Fuel Charge In The CANDU-600 MWe Reactor Through Fuel Bundle Shuffling |
Authors: | Presley, James |
Advisor: | Kugler, G. Trojan, O.A. |
Department: | Engineering Physics |
Keywords: | fuel;nuclear;reactor;candu;Deuterium;uranium;canada;electricity;generator |
Publication Date: | 1980 |
Abstract: | An analysis was performed in an attempt to increase the fuel burnup of the first fuel charge (first 4560 fuel bundles discharged) of the CANDU-600 MWe reactor by altering the fuelling strategy. The fuelling scheme studied involved re-inserting the two last bundles in a channel along with six fresh bundles into each refuelled channel. This scheme was compared to the eight bundle shift scheme in which eight fresh bundles are placed into a refuelled channel. The comparison was done using a coarse mesh reactor model with the FMDP computer code. Reactor operation was simulated from 0 to 350 FPD's (Full Power Days). During this period the fuel burnup of the first fuel charge was increased by 11.1%, from 5075 MWD/Te-U to 5637 MWD/Te-U. To accomplish this a 10.8 increase in the average fuelling machine rate was necessary. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/30096 |
Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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