Table 1

Main characteristics of the reactors featured in the examples.

GENIII PWR reactors (UOX, MOX, ERU)
Thermal power (MWth) 4592
Electrical power (MWe) 1653
Full core mass (t) 129
Burnup (GWday/t) 55
EFPD 1545
Load factor 0.83
Fuel fractioning 3
UOX enrichment (%) 4.58

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