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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Nucl Energy. 2019 Jun;128:10.1016/j.anucene.2019.01.006. doi: 10.1016/j.anucene.2019.01.006

Table 2.

Fuel parameters of the LEU Fuels.

Parameter U3Si2/Al U-7Mo/Al U-10Mo (17a) U-10Mo (19a)
Number of plates per FE 17 17 17 19
Coolant channel width (cm) 0.295 0.295 0.295 0.275
Fuel meat length (cm) 60 60 60 60
Fuel meat width (cm) 6.134 6.134 6.134 6.134
Fuel meat thickness (cm) 0.0660 0.0419 0.0216 (0.0267b) 0.0216 (0.0267b)
Fuel plate thickness (cm) 0.127 0.127 0.127 0.108
Cladding thickness (cm) 0.0305 0.0432 0.0502 0.0406
Fuel meat volume (cm3) 24.31 15.14 7.95 7.95
Fuel meat mass (g) 158.48 151.22 136.83 136.83
Total U-235 mass in FE (g) 392.5 406.7 413.6 462.2
a

The number in parenthesis refers to the number of plates in each fuel element (FE).

b

Including the 25.4 μm Zr interlayer on both sides of the foil.