Uranium Nitride Fuels for Application in CANDU Reactors

Natural uranium nitride made with nitrogen-15 in a CANDU core lengthens the average bundle residence time from 210 to 360 days compared with UO₂; coolant void worth rises by 20 % and the total power coefficient halves.

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@inproceedings{hussein2018candu,
  author = {J. Wallenius and M. Hussein},
  title = {Uranium Nitride Fuels for Application in CANDU Reactors},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2018)},
  year = {2018},
  pages = {3603–3611},
  address = {Cancún, Mexico},
}