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Record 1 2009-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

Graphite core fuel elements. This kind of fuel element has the same geometry as the tubular fuel and the two are interchangeable, but the new version is different in 2 respects:- the graphite kernel from the casting process has been left inside the 43 x 23 mm uranium tube (whence its name "graphite core fuel element").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

L'usine UP1, qui a repris en 1987 la suite d'UP2, disposait dans son atelier MAR 400 de deux lignes de traitement, l'une réservée aux combustibles à âme graphite où sont effectués le déqueusotage, le dégraphitage par de l'eau à 800 bar et le dégainage mécanique au travers d'une filière, et l'autre réservée aux combustibles annulaires du Bugey.

Spanish

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