Longer Life Cores for SLOWPOKE -2 Reactors

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J.D. Irish
J.W. Hilborn

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A method has been devised to increase the lifetimeof SLOWPOKE-2 cores by increasing the initial fuelloading by about 7%. The method was implementedduring the coaaaissioning of the SLOWPOKE-2 (ICaaeta)reactor. Calculations indicate that the corelifetime will be doubled.

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