Westinghouse introduceert Encore, accident-bestendige kernbrandstof
BRASELTON, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Westinghouse Electric Company heeft vandaag zijn accident-bestendige kernbrandstof EnCore TM Fuel formeel gepresenteerd. Dat maakte het bedrijf bekend op zijn Fuel Users’ Group Meeting, die wordt bezocht door afnemers van kernbrandstof uit alle delen van de wereld.
“Westinghouse streeft met felheid de voordelen van accident-bestendige brandstof voor onze klanten na”, zei Michele DeWitt, senior vicepresident van de afdeling Kernbrandstof. “Als belangrijkste leverancier van kernbrandstof en onderdelen beschikt Westinghouse over een partnernetwerk van wereldklasse voor onderzoek, ontwerp en productie. We zetten de breedte en diepte van onze eigen middelen, gunningen van het Amerikaanse ministerie van Energie en financiering uit de nutssector in ten behoeve van samenwerkingen met gerenommeerde partners uit de sector, zodat we EnCore Fuel in een intensief en versneld tijdschema op de markt kunnen zetten. We lopen op schema voor de productie van de eerste teststaven van EnCore Fuel in 2018. De eerste tests met de plaatsing van een brandstofbundel staan gepland in 2022.”
Westinghouse Debuts EnCore, Accident Tolerant Fuel Solution |
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BRASELTON, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Westinghouse Electric Company today formally launched its accident-tolerant fuel solution, EnCore TM Fuel. The announcement was made during the company’s Fuel Users’ Group Meeting, attended by nuclear fuel customers from around the world. “Westinghouse is aggressively pursuing the benefits of accident tolerant fuel for our customers,” said Michele DeWitt, senior vice president, Nuclear Fuel. “As the leading supplier of nuclear fuel and components globally, Westinghouse has developed a world-class network of research, design and manufacturing partners. We are leveraging the breadth and depth of our resources, combined with U.S. Department of Energy awards, as well as utility funding, to collaborate with respected industry partners in order to deliver EnCore Fuel to the market on an aggressive, accelerated schedule. We are on track to manufacture EnCore Fuel lead test rods as early as 2018, with lead test assembly insertion planned starting in 2022.” EnCore Fuel is intended to offer design-basis-altering safety, greater uranium efficiency and estimated economic benefits up to hundreds of millions of dollars to Westinghouse’s nuclear fuel customers. Delivered in two phases, the initial EnCore Fuel product is comprised of coated cladding containing uranium silicide pellets, which sets EnCore Fuel apart from other accident-tolerant fuel solutions because of the pellets’ higher density and higher thermal conductivity. The reduced oxidation and hydrogen pickup of the coated cladding during normal operation (250° – 350°C) is intended to prolong cladding life, provide enhanced resistance to wear and increase margins. The coated cladding also supports extended exposure to high temperature steam and air (1300° – 1400°C) during a loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA), reactivity-initiated accident (RIA) and beyond-design-basis conditions. The second phase of EnCore Fuel features silicon-carbide (SiC) cladding, which is intended to offer significant safety benefits in beyond-design-basis accident scenarios, enabled by its extremely high melting point (2800°C or higher) and minimal reaction with water, resulting in minimal generation of heat and hydrogen in beyond-design-basis accident scenarios. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170613005755/en/ Contacts Westinghouse Electric Company |
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