A New Fuel Design for Two Different HW Type Reactors

<table class="table-group" id="tab13"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Reactor type</td><td align="center">Tube thickness (mm)</td><td align="left"><span style="width: 28.450001px;"><svg height="14.35" id="M54" style="vertical-align:-3.22281pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 28.450001 14.35" width="28.450001" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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</svg></span></td><td align="center">Pressure drop (KPa)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">CANDU-6</td><td align="center">—</td><td align="left">Average</td><td align="center">562</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="2">Atucha</td><td align="center">0.5</td><td align="left">Average <br/>Fully aligned</td><td align="center">510<br/>472</td></tr><tr><td align="center">1.0</td><td align="left">Average <br/>Fully aligned</td><td align="center">624<br/>580</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Estimated CARA fuel channel pressure drop under different configurations.

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