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1. Fuel functional characteristics
1.1 Situation in the heart
A distinction must be made between EPRs and BWRs.
In a BWR, the fuel assembly consists of a bundle of fuel rods enclosed in a casing; reactor physics dictates a zoning of rods of different fissile content ( 235 U enrichment or plutonium content) and the use of consumable poisons, usually gadolinium in the form of Gd 2 O 3 in UO 2 rods. A MOX BWR assembly contains MOX rods and UO 2 rods. Most existing boiling reactors can accommodate up to 50% or 60% MOX assemblies without modification;...
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