Conceptual Engineering of CARA Fuel Element with Negative Void Coefficient for Atucha II
Experimentally validated void reactivity calculations were used to study the feasibility of a change in the design basis of Atucha II Nuclear Power Plant including the Large LOCA event. The use of CARA fuel element with burnable neutronic absorbers and enriched uranium is proposed instead of the ori...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/264235 |