Hydride fuel for LWRs-Project overview

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1374-1405

  Greenspan, E ^a   Fratoni, M ^a   Ganda, F ^a   Ginex, F ^a   Olander, D ^a   Todreas, N ^b   Diller, P ^b   Ferroni, P ^b   Malen, J ^b   Romano, A ^b   Shuffler, C ^b   Trant, J ^b   Petrovic, B ^c   Garkisch, H ^c  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BWR FUEL; COOLANT FLOW; COOLANT PRESSURE; CORE DESIGN; CORE POWER DENSITY; COST OF ELECTRICITY; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; CROSS-SECTION AREA; DISCHARGE BURN-UP; ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; FUEL ASSEMBLY; FUEL ASSEMBLY DESIGN; FUEL BUNDLE; FUEL RODS; GRID SPACER; HIGH-POWER; HYDRIDE FUEL; LATTICE GEOMETRY; LOWER PRESSURES; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; MEASURE OF PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MOX FUEL; NEUTRONICS; ONE-PASS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OXIDE FUELS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PIN POWER DISTRIBUTION; POWER DENSITIES; POWER GAINS; PRESSURISED WATER REACTOR; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SOLID HYDRIDES; SQUARE LATTICES; SURFACE AREA; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; UNIQUE FEATURES; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; UPRATING; VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS; WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANIES; ZIRCALOY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BOILING WATER REACTORS; COOLANTS; DROPS; HEAT FLUX; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION; PLUTONIUM; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIRE;

FUELS;

EID: 67349233492     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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