Fifty Years of Nuclear Fuel Qualification at SCK.CEN

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    Abstract

    Nuclear fuel qualification implies a wide range of experimental and theoretical studies throughout the different stages of the generic fuel development and qualification process. Throughout its history, the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK•CEN has been involved in the wide variety of research topics required by the different qualification stages of nuclear fuels. Both UO2 and MOX light water reactor (LWR) fuels have been addressed right from the start of the research centre. In the last decade, more elaborated research on research reactor (RR) fuel is being implemented as well. The paper provides an overview of the various fuel research and development efforts undertaken and key fuel behaviour phenomena assessed by the SCK•CEN within its fifty years of existence.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationENC2012 Transactions
    Place of PublicationBrussels, Belgium
    StatePublished - Dec 2012
    EventEuropean Nuclear Conference (ENC2012) - invited paper see http://www.euronuclear.org/events/enc/enc2012/transactions/ENC2012-transactions-plenary.pdf - European Nuclear Society (ENS), Manchester
    Duration: 9 Dec 201212 Dec 2012

    Conference

    ConferenceEuropean Nuclear Conference (ENC2012) - invited paper see http://www.euronuclear.org/events/enc/enc2012/transactions/ENC2012-transactions-plenary.pdf
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityManchester
    Period2012-12-092012-12-12

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