Journal article
Scoping assessment of design characteristics for an enhanced calandria tube
Abstract
Over the lifetime of a CANada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) type reactor, the pressure tubes and calandria tubes undergo creep deformation via static, dynamic and thermal stresses accelerated by neutron bombardment. Creep deformation leads to fuelling issues, potential contact between the calandria tube (CT) and the liquid injection shutdown system or between the CT and the pressure tube (PT). As such, this aging phenomenon limits the lifetime of …
Authors
Harvel GD; Scrannage RC; Hobbs DM
Journal
Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 241, No. 8, pp. 2688–2697
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
8 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.05.038
ISSN
0029-5493