The use of burnable poison to improve uranium utilization in PWRs

A methodology based on the linear reactivity model of core behavior has been developed and employed to evaluate fuel management tactics for improving uranium utilization in Pressurized Water Reactors in a once-through fuel cycle mode on a consistent basis. A major focus has been on the benefit of us...

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Main Authors: Loh, Wee Tee, Driscoll, Michael J., Lanning, David D.
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Energy Laboratory, 1982 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60592