摘要:
The present invention relates generally to nuclear reactors, and more particularly, to nuclear reactors having fuel assemblies (22) that employ support grids (64). A method of reducing friction and physical contact between a fuel rod (66) and support grid (64) in a nuclear fuel assembly (22) is provided. The method includes applying a lubricant composition to the outer surface of the fuel rod (66) during fuel assembly (22) fabrication and removing the lubricant composition afterward.
摘要:
Device for measuring and correcting a parallelism error of the upper plug end of a nuclear fuel rod (6), comprising means (20) for measuring a parallelism error and means (22) for correcting said error and means for positioning said device on the rod and cooperating with a rack on which the rod is stored, said correcting means (22) being placed on the opposite side from the measurement means (20) relative to the location (31) of the rod (6), so as to allow the parallelism error to be measured while said error is being corrected.
摘要:
A nuclear fuel and a method for producing a nuclear fuel wherein a porous uranium dioxide arrangement (10) is provided, the arrangement (10) is infiltrated with a precursor liquid (12) and the arrangement (10) with the infiltrated precursor liquid (12) are thermally treated such that the precursor liquid (12) is converted to a second phase.
摘要:
A method, arrangement and computer program is described for determining a set of standardized rod types for use in a nuclear reactor core. The method may include defining (S100) a set of rod type-related limits, and determining (S200), based on the limits, an initial population of rod types to be evaluated for use in cores of a selected number of nuclear reactor plants. Based on the initial population of rod types a database of selectable fresh fuel bundle designs applicable to the one or more cores may be generated (S300). Bundle data related to at least a subset of the selectable fresh fuel bundle designs may be retrieved (S400) from the database, and a target number of rod types may be selected (S500) from the initial population based on the retrieved bundle data as the set of standardized rod types.
摘要:
A spacer grid for PWR assemblies is characterized by curved flow channels between adjacent fuel rods and straight, essentially flat strips connecting opposite side plates of the spacer. The latter strips prevent bowing-out of the side plates during fuel assembly fabrication and during operation in the reactor. Additionally, the spacer grid allows accurate positioning of the fuel rods on a square lattice with a precisely defined pitch, and support of the rods in their spacer cells is such that rod bow will be minimized. The direction of the nozzles on the flow channels has been chosen to promote cross-flow of the coolant through the assembly.
摘要:
The present invention has as an object to provide a reactor core for light water cooled reactor, a fuel assembly (3, 4) and a control rod (5, 10) intended for Pu multi-recycling at a breeding ratio of about 1.0, or 1.0 or more while keeping the economical or safety performance to the same level as in BWR now under operation, that is, while minimizing the change for the incore structures and maintaining the void coefficient negative. A reactor core for a light water cooled reactor having an effective fuel-to-water volume ratio of 0.1 to 0.6 by the combination of a dense lattice fuel assembly (1) constituted of fuel rods formed by adding Pu to degraded uranium, natural uranium, depleted uranium or low concentrated uranium, coolants at high void fraction of 45 % to 70 % and a cluster-type, Y-type or cruciform control rod.