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Heterogeneous assembly for plutonium multi recycling in PWRs: the Corail concept

Youinou et al., 2001

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Youinou G
Zaetta A
Vasile A
Delpech M
Rohart M
Guillet J
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The CORAIL assembly is a standard 17 x 17 PWR fuel assembly containing 180 UO {sub 2} rods and 84 MOX rods located at the periphery to limit the hot-channel factor. After many recycling, the plutonium content stabilizes around 8% and the U {sup 235} enrichment …
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