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Analýza nejčastějších příčin poškozování jaderného paliva za provozu reaktoru / Analysis of the Most Common Causes of Nuclear Fuel Failures During Operation

Nuclear fuel failures during the reactor operation happen quite often in the world. The theoretical part of this thesis is dedicated to the most common causes of nuclear fuel failures. It describes failure mechanism and corrective actions. The unfavorable trends in nuclear fuel behavior are prevented by suitable method of nuclear fuel monitoring. Some of them may affect the safety of the power plant. For example, the fuel assembly bow affects the function of rod cluster control assembly. Another part, which describes inspection methods, is devoted to inspection and repair of nuclear fuel. The thesis concentrates on the Temelin NPP, where there was implemented post-irradiation inspection program for checking compatibility between Westinghouse's fuel assemblies and water chemistry of reactor VVER. This program continues even after the change of nuclear fuel supplier. Practical part of this thesis is dedicated to proposal of a new method of fuel assembly bow measurement for Temelin NPP based on ultrasound. This proposal is supported by measurement on the experimental device for detection of spacer grid position developed by Research Centre Rez.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:220683
Date January 2014
CreatorsJežek, Martin
ContributorsČEZ,, Ondřej Zlámal,, Katovský, Karel
PublisherVysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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