"Issues" and "Challenges" for introducing new fuels and the other components with enhanced accident tolerance to light water reactor

Yamashita, Shinichiro

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In order to increase accident tolerance of light water reactors (LWRs), fuel rod, channel box and control rod with new materials and concepts have been considered and developed in Japan. Since 2015, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has conducted and coordinated the Japanese R&D program of accident tolerant fuel (ATF) for establishing technical basis of ATF under a program sponsored and organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). This program has been carried out in cooperation with power plant providers, fuel venders and universities because it is efficient and proper to take advantage of the experiences in R&D, practical design, and evaluations of fuels and cores of commercial LWRs.