Modern Approaches to VVER Fuel-Element Design
- Authors: Novikov V.V.1, Kuznetsov V.I.1, Salatov A.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Bochvar All-Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
- Issue: Vol 119, No 5 (2016)
- Pages: 332-338
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-4258/article/view/247978
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-016-0068-0
- ID: 247978
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Abstract
The basic aspects of designing VVER fuel elements are examined: directions for improving fuel-element design determined by current trends in nuclear power; directions for the development of a methodology for the computational validation of the behavior of fuel elements in design basis regimes of normal operation, disruptions of normal operation and in design basis accidents; and questions concerning the experimental validation of design criteria.
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About the authors
V. V. Novikov
Bochvar All-Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
V. I. Kuznetsov
Bochvar All-Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
A. V. Salatov
Bochvar All-Russia Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
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