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Analysis Of Pellet Cladding Interaction And Creep Of U3si2 Fuel For Use In Light Water Reactors, Kathryn E. Metzger
Analysis Of Pellet Cladding Interaction And Creep Of U3si2 Fuel For Use In Light Water Reactors, Kathryn E. Metzger
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Following the accident at the Fukushima plant, enhancing the accident tolerance of the light water reactor (LWR) fleet became a topic of serious discussion. Under the direction of congress, the DOE office of Nuclear Energy added accident tolerant fuel development as a primary component to the existing Advanced Fuels Program. The DOE defines accident tolerant fuels as fuels that “in comparison with the standard UO2- Zircaloy system currently used by the nuclear industry, can tolerate loss of active cooling in the reactor core for a considerably longer time period (depending on the LWR system and accident scenario) while maintaining or …