Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6759384 | Nuclear Engineering and Design | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
U3Si2-FeCrAl fuel system is a potential choice for Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) for its higher uranium density, improved fuel thermal conductivity and stronger oxidation resistance. In this work, a new multi-physic fuel performance code called BEEs for LWR fuels has been developed based on Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) using the Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) method. As a first step to verify the capability of BEEs, one problem has been conducted using BEEs and compared with the results from BISON and ABAQUS. Then, the most recently available U3Si2-FeCrAl behavior models have been coded in BEEs. Fuel performance analysis was conducted for U3Si2-FeCrAl fuel system using BEEs and comparisons with UO2-Zr4 and U3Si2-Zr4 were made in this work. The results show that U3Si2-FeCrAl fuel system can lower the fuel peaking temperature about 300â¯K and have flat radial temperature distribution which can mitigate or eliminate the fuel cracking during power up. Further, the pellet-cladding mechanic interaction can be delayed or fully eliminated employing U3Si2-FeCrAl fuel system in light water reactors (LWRs).
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Authors
Yanan He, Ping Chen, Yingwei Wu, G.H. Su, Wenxi Tian, Suizheng Qiu,