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Critical Power Performance of Tight Lattice Bundle
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Fuel CycleQuantum Lattice SystemEngineeringTight Lattice BundleNuclear Fuel EnrichmentSuperconductivityThermodynamicsAdvanced Recycle SystemMaterials SciencePhysicsNuclear FuelNeutron SourceGifu UniversityEnergy StorageNuclear PowerNuclear EngineeringNuclear CeramicNuclear Fuel BurnupThermal HydraulicsCritical Power PerformanceCritical Phenomenon
An innovative fuel cycle system concept named BARS (BWR with an Advanced Recycle System) has been proposed as a future fuel cycle option aiming at enhanced utilization of uranium resources and reduction of radioactive wastes. In BARS, the spent fuel from conventional light water reactors (LWRs) is recycled as a mixed oxide (MOX) fuel for a BWR core with the fast neutron spectrum by means of oxide dry-processing and vibro-packing fuel fabrication. The fast neutron spectrum is obtained by means of triangular tight fuel lattice. Further study on BARS, especially on tight lattice MOX fuel, has been initiated as a joint study by Toshiba and Gifu University. The objective of this paper is to show the latest progress of the study on BARS, especially concerning the thermal-hydraulics measurements for tight lattice bundle.