Review of fuel failures in water cooled reactors.

• Corporate Author: International Atomic Energy Agency.
• Other Authors: Inozemtsev, Victor.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2010.
• Series: IAEA nuclear energy series ; no. NF-T-2.1.
• Subjects: Water cooled reactors > Fuel systems > Reliability > Statistics.; Nuclear fuel elements.; System failures (Engineering); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789201026101; 9201026102
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations (some color).

This publication responds to the growing awareness of a need for open discussion and concerted actions to improve nuclear fuel reliability. It contains unique worldwide statistics on fuel failure rates, covering about 96% of water cooled reactor fuels. This gives the most representative picture of f...