Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference (한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Nuclear Society (한국원자력학회)
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Structural Analysis of CANFLEX Fuel Bundles

  • H. Y. Kang (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • K. S. Sim (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, J. H. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, T. H. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • J. S. Jun (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • C. H. Chung (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Park, J. H. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • H. C. Suk (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
  • Published : 1995.05.01
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Abstract

The CANFLEX fuel bundle has been developed by KAERI/AECL jointly to facilitate the use of various fuel cycles in CANDU-6 reactor. As one of the design evaluations, the structural analysis of the fuel bundles by hydraulic drag force is performed to evaluate the fuel integrity in the period of the refuelling in CANDU-6. The structural integrity is evaluated by FEM modelling for the complicated bundles configuration in channel. It is noted that the present analysis method is newly developed for the structural integrity evaluation. The analysis results show that the fuel bundle is shown to keep its structural integrity during the refuelling.

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