An analysis was performed in an attempt to increase the fuel burnup of the first fuel charge (first 4560 fuel bundles discharged) of the CANDU-600 MWe reactor by altering the fuelling strategy. The fuelling scheme studied involved re-inserting the two last bundles in a channel
along with six fresh bundles into each refuelled channel. This scheme was compared to the eight bundle shift scheme in which eight fresh bundles are placed into a refuelled channel. The comparison was done using a coarse mesh reactor model with the FMDP computer code. Reactor operation was simulated from 0 to 350 FPD's (Full Power Days). During this period the fuel burnup of the first fuel charge was increased by 11.1%, from 5075 MWD/Te-U to 5637 MWD/Te-U. To accomplish this a 10.8 increase in the average fuelling machine rate was necessary. / Thesis / Master of Engineering (ME)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/30096 |
| Date | January 1980 |
| Creators | Presley, James |
| Contributors | Kugler, G., Trojan, O.A., Engineering Physics |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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