Determination of the optimum burn-up depth and energy content of nuclear fuel by the calculated expenditure method

Nuclear fuel in generation II and III reactors: research issues related to high burn-up

“…The higher energy yield also implies less volume of highly radioactive spent fuel per produced energy unit. 10 The stronger energy extraction from nuclear fuel leads to a higher burn-up, 11 which means pushing the limits within the safety limitations fixed by the regulators. This has been carried out, for instance, in Switzerland for many years and has reached burn-up's of about…”