Research Article

A New Fuel Design for Two Different HW Type Reactors

Table 14

WIMS results, neutronic differences between CARA and CANDU and Atucha I.

CharacteristicCANDU 37Atucha ICARA (in Embalse)CARA (in Atucha I)

Natural uranium-burnup [MW·d/ton·UO2]7.5006.1007.5296.368
Peak factor1.12611.09361.13591.1483
SEU (0.9%)-burnup [MW·d/ton·UO2]14.53713.46614.57614.524
Peak factor1.14841.1577