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CYCLE IRRADIATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

The time period between two [reactor] fuel replacements.

CONT

However, the core can be rearranged in the course of an irradiation cycle (in which case one speaks of successive loading plans). During the first years in operation, the average duration of an irradiation cycle at the Phénix plant was extended from fifty days at first to about ninety days. For the final irradiation cycles it has been set at 120 effective full power days (EFPD).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

Période s’écoulant entre deux renouvellements de combustible dans un réacteur.

Spanish

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