Uranium free fuels for accelerator driven systems: collaboration on oxide and nitride fuel irradiation and modelling

Objective

Accelerator driven systems are candidates for burning of uranium free fuels like nuclear waste. As the fraction of waste lost to the secondary waste stream in a multi recycling strategy decreases with increased fuel burnup, an important objective of uranium free fuel development for ADS is to achieve high burnup without loss of safety margins. From the fuel perspective, burnup is limited by swelling rates and pin pressurization. These issues can be addressed by use of optimised fuel pellet, pin and assely designs. This proposal suggests a program for modelling, development and irradiaton of oxide and nitride uranium free fuel s under normal operating conditions as well as under power transients. The objective is to identify a reference oxide fuel for an ADS demo facility, and to investigate safety properties of nitride alternatives.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › nuclear engineering › nuclear waste management
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › waste management › waste treatment processes › recycling
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels

Programme(s)

• FP5-EAECTP C - Research and training programme (Euratom) in the field of nuclear energy (1998 to 2002)

Topic(s)

• 2.1.2.-2.2.5 - Transmutation (fuel)

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

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Coordinator

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Address

Lindstedtvägen 20
10044 Stockholm
Sweden

Participants (7)

AEA TECHNOLOGY PLC

United Kingdom

Address

220 Harwell
OX11 0QJ Didcot,harwell,chilton

BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS PLC

United Kingdom

Address

Sellafield B170
CA20 1PG Seascale

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

France

Address

Centre D' Etudes De Cadarache, Bat. 315
13108 St.paul Les Durance

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Germany

Address

Hermann-von-helmholtz Platz 1
76125 Karlsruhe

PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT

Switzerland

Address

5232 Villigen

SERCO LTD

United Kingdom

Address

The Quadrant 404, Birchwood Park
WA3 6AT Warrington

STUDSVIK NUCLEAR AB

Sweden

Address

61182 Nykoping