Abstract
Light water reactors can be refueled with natural uranium and plutonium. When the plutonium provides less than one-half of the fissions, the plutonium fissile inventory ratio will be greater than unity. Therefore, a self-sustained system is obtained. The burnup that can be obtained by this refueling method is similar 4000 MWd/ton. A doubling of the fuel lifetime is obtained ( similar 8000 MWd/ton) when the spectral shift control method is adopted.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 53-60 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Nuclear Technology |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1979 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Condensed Matter Physics