Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (NUPEC) conducted thermal-hydraulic projects for verification of thermal-hydraulic design reliability for BWR high-burnup 8×8 and 9×9 fuel assemblies, entrusted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). As a part of the NUPEC thermal-hydraulic projects, hydraulic vibration tests using full-scale test assemblies simulating 9×9 fuel assemblies were carried out to evaluate BWR fuel integrity. The test data were applied to development of a new correlation for the estimation of fuel rod vibration amplitude.

Volume Subject Area:
Thermal Hydraulics
Keywords:
BWR, 9×9 fuel assembly, hydrualic vibration, NUPEC thermal-hydrolic project, two-phase flow, pressure fluctuation
Topics:
Boiling water reactors, Fuels, Manufacturing, Vibration, Vibration tests
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