Nuclear Fuel Safety Criteria Technical Review: Second Edition

NEA/CSNI/R(2012)3
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A set of fuel-related safety criteria was presented – along with both the rationale for having such criteria and possible new design and operational issues which could have an effect on them – in the 2001 NEA report entitled Nuclear Fuel Safety Criteria Technical Review.

The Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) has re-examined fuel-related criteria and for each of these criteria, it has presented a brief description of each criterion along with its rationale. Design changes, such as different cladding materials, higher burn-up and the use of mixed-oxide (MOX) fuels, can affect fuel-related margins and, in some cases, the criteria themselves. Some of the more important effects are cited in an attempt to identify criteria that need re-evaluation. The discussion does not cover all possible effects, but should be sufficient to identify those criteria that should continue to be examined.

This second edition of Nuclear Fuel Safety Criteria Technical Review provides the results of the WGFS re-examination.