Nuclear Design and Core Operation for the First Irradiation Cycle of the Large-Scale Zirconium Barrier Fuel Demonstration at Quad Cities 2

摘要

This report describes the nuclear design of the 144 demonstration zirconium barrier bundles inserted in the Quad Cities 2 core in December 1981. It also describes the locations of these bundles and their power histories during the first cycle of irradiation, the resulting linear heat generation rates (LHGRs) and fuel rod burnups when 16 of these zirconium barrier bundles were power ramped in March 1983, and the LHGRs and burnups in nearby nonbarrier fuel during this power ramping. Fuel failure probability estimates are discussed in the Appendix. (ERA citation 09:028261)