Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference (한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집)
- 1998.05a
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- Pages.169-174
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- 1998
Core Analysis during Transition from 37-Element Fuel to CANFLEX-NU Fuel in CANDU 6
- Jeong, Chan-Joon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
- Suk, Ho-Chun (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
- Published : 1998.05.01
Abstract
An 1200-day time-dependent fuel-management for the transition from 37-element fuel to CANFLEX-NU fuel in a CANDU 6 reactor has been simulated to show the compatibility of the CANFLEX-NU fuel with the reactor operation. The simulation calculation were carried out with the RFSP code, provided by cell averaged hel properties obtained from the POWDERPUFS-V code. The refueling scheme for both fuels was an eight bundle shift art a time. The simulation results show that the maximum channel and bundle powers were maintained below the licence limit of the CANDU 6. This indicates that the CANFLEX-NU fuel bundle is compatible with the CANDU 6 reactor operation during the transition period.
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