Development of an advanced PWR fuel for OPR1000s in Korea |
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Authors: | Kyu-Tae Kim Jung-Min Suh |
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Affiliation: | aKorea Nuclear Fuel, Technology and Engineering Division, 1047 Daedukdaero, Dukjin-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | The advanced PWR fuel for the OPR1000s in Korea, PLUS7, has been developed to enhance thermal performance, high burnup capability and fuel reliability against grid-to-rod fretting wear and debris. The outstanding design features of PLUS7 include mixing vane mid-grids for increasing thermal performance and minimizing vibration-induced fretting wear, optimized fuel dimensions and advanced zirconium alloys for high burnup capability of 72,000 MWD/MTU, and an optimized fuel rod diameter for reducing pressure drop and improving neutron economy. The fuel assembly and its components performances have been verified through a wide spectrum of mechanical, thermal hydraulic, vibration and fretting wear tests. Based on the verification test results and the evaluations with the help of the KNF design code system, it is found that the PLUS7 fuel will maintain its integrity up to the envisaged burnup of 72,000 MWD/MTU. In addition, the PLUS7 fuel performances were evaluated to be considerably improved in comparison with the current fuel used in the OPR1000s. |
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Keywords: | PWR pressurized water reactor PHWR pressurized heavy water reactor LWR light water reactor OPR1000 optimized power reactor 1000 MWe KNF Korea Nuclear Fuel SG spacer grid FA fuel assembly FR fuel rod GT guide thimble tube LTA lead test assembly |
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