Study on the Strategy of Advanced Fuel Management for Ling'ao Nuclear Power Station

This paper introduces the strategy and consideration in Advanced Fuel Management for Ling’ao Nuclear Power Station,and the differences of advanced fuel management between Ling’ao and Daya Bay Nuclear Power Stations.The overall transition mode of Ling’ao fuel management has been analyzed,especially the transition strategy and steps for the advanced fuel management after the mixed core（from cy-cle 2-cycle 5）.It has been expatiated what would be the most suitable specific advanced fuel management strategy（yearly quarter core fuel management,or 18 month fuel management） from cycle 6 for Ling’ao Nuclear Power station.The feasibility of Advanced Fuel Management Strategy has been demonstrated from the view points of economy,advantage and the adopted advanced technology in the yearly quarter core fuel management project.It is concluded,through the comparison of different advanced fuel management strategies（yearly 1/4 fuel management,18 month fuel management and 24 month fuel management）,that the implementation of yearly 1/4 fuel management in Ling’ao Nuclear Power Station can carry forward the advantages and avoid the shortage in the fuel management strategy,and it is very economical and suitable for the non-summer outage planning.Although 18-month fuel cycle has many advantages in general,the market and pricing for Ling’ao Nuclear Power Station are quite different from that of Daya Bay.The power grid has more rigorous limitation on Ling’Ao Nuclear Power Station.The seeking for more power generation than planned is not the best way for Ling’ao Nuclear Power Station.