A New Fuel Design for Two Different HW Type Reactors

Table 9

Bundle characteristic of CANDU FEs.

Bundle type	Rod number	Rod outer diameter (mm)	Clad thickness (mm)	Inner cross-section (mm^2)	Relative inner volume
CANDU 37	37	13.08	0.42	4.354	1
CARA	52	10.86	0.35	4.216	0.98
CANFLEX	35	11.5	0.33	4.256	0.98
	8	13.5	0.36