Fuel Performance in Boiling-Water Reactors
- 1 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nuclear Applications
- Vol. 2 (6) , 510-514
- https://doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27547
Abstract
Since the initiation of fuel irradiations in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor in 1957, rod-type fuel elements have been irradiated in an increasing number of boiling-water reactors. The most extensive experience has been obtained with Zircaloy-2 clad, UO2 pellet-type fuel rods. Somewhat less experience has been obtained with other fuel forms such as ThO2 -UO2 pellets and UO2 compacted powder and with other clad materials such as Zircaloy-4, Type 304 stainless steel, Incoloy-800, and Inconel-600. Based on the highly successful performance of many thousands of fuel segments operating at typical commercial power-reactor thermal ratings, UO2 rods clad with Zircaloy-2 have proven to be the most reliable and economical fuel elements for boiling-water reactor applications.Keywords
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