High Efficiency Nuclear Fuel: How High is High Enough?
Mujid S. Kazimi
Thu Jan 23, 09am-04:00pm, 24-115, Meets 9am-noon and 1-4pm
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
This one day colloquium will cover the feasibility and safety issues of very high efficiency (or burnup in the nuclear lingo) nuclear fuel in light water reactors. The burnup of nuclear fuel has increased from about 20MWd/kg in the 1960s to its current level of 50 MWd/kg. The Electric Power Research Institute has recently sent the NRC a document that lays the foundation for raising the burnup to about 70MWd/kg. Research at MIT is investigating the feasibility of reaching 120MWd/kg. Several experts will discuss the issues involved, the experiments to characterize the high burnup fuel and economics and safety implications: Dr. Ralph Meyer, NRC; Dr. David Diamond, Brookhaven National Lab; Dr. Joe Rashid, EPRI consultant; Dr. Michael Billon, Argonne National Lab; Dr. Wolfgang Wiesenack, Halden Project; and Dr. Carl Beyer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Contact: Mujid S. Kazimi, 24-219, 253-4206, kazimi@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering
Latest update: 15-Nov-2002
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