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Chapter 3 Systems of PWR Nuclear Power Plants

Fuel assembly

[Source] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Catalog

Figure 3.3.1 Schematic of fuel assembly and fuel rod

(D Since the structure of a fuel assemblies of PWR core does not adopt channel boxes such as used for BWR, the flow channels are open and the open spaces between the adjacent fuel assemblies provide better coolant mixing and increase the heat removal efficiency of coolant (D The constituent elements of the structural skeleton of a fuel assembly are the control rod guide thimbles, spring-clip support grids and the top and bottom nozzles. The spring force of the grids provides support for the fuel rods and maintain a rod-to-rod center line spacing within the frame.

  1. Rod cluster control (RCC) assemblies and burnable poison rods, inserted into the guide thimbles of the fuel assemblies, are dispersed in the reactor core; this minimizes the local effect

on core power distribution and affords more effective reactivity control.

  1. Fuel enrichment is the same for all rods of a fuel assembly. However, slightly lower uranium enrichment is used in gadolinium-loaded fuel rods to suppress the maximum linear heat generation rate.

  2. Design operating conditions of the fuel assemblies are: external pressure of 15.4 MPa [gage]; average coolant temperature of about 300° C; and average coolant velocity of 4.5 m/s.

  1. Structure of the fuel rods and fuel assemblies

High burnup Step-2 fuel for the 17x17 array (maximum unloading burnup is 55GWd/t) is explained as an example.

a. Fuel rods

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