Uranium Recovery from Phosphates for Self-Sufficient Nuclear Power in the Eastern Mediterranean

Table 2

Fuel core data for standard NPP’s, [14, 15].

Parameter	CANDU-600	2  CANDU −600	VVER-1200	Unit
	600	1200	1200	MW(e)
			4.95	%
^#of fuel elements	380	760	163	channel/assembly
Refuelling	on-load	on-load
	87.8	175.6	77.4	t U
	119.5	239	19.95	t U /y
	140.6	281.2	370.6	t
	7500	7500	60000	MWd/tU