Issues toward implementation of accident tolerant fuels and components to existing LWRs

Yamashita, Shinichiro   

In this oral presentation, the result of "Development of Technical Basis for Introducing Advanced Fuels Contributing to Safety Improvement of Current Light Water Reactors" carried out under the Project on Development of Technical Basis for Safety Improvement at Nuclear Power Plants by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan will be partially introduced. The gap between the present R&D status and the achievement of practical use in order to progress the R&D properly and efficiently will be talked together with related information of oversea research activities.