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Table 3.2
(continued)
Westinghouse
Mitsubishi
AP1000
US-APWR
Operating cycle length
Months
18
18
Design life
Years
60
60
Average fissile fraction in
spent fuel
U-235
wt%
0.8
0.8
Plutonium
wt%
0.7
0.7
Fig. 3.2
EPR core with
typical initial fuel element
enrichments (AREVA) [
4
]
Fig. 3.3
PWR fuel rod and
fuel pellets (Kraftwerk
Union) [
1
]
