Published 2005 | Version v1
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Development of the pin-hole welding technology for a fuel irradiation test

Creators

  • 1. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The irradiation test of fuel specimens was planned for the evaluation of a nuclear fuels performance. To establish the welding technology process, satisfying the requirements of the irradiation test, an orbital-GTA weld machine for fuel specimens was developed, and the preliminary welding experiments for optimizing the process conditions of the fuel specimens were performed. Fuel specimens with a 9.5mm diameter and a 0.6mm wall thickness of the cladding tubes and end caps have been used and the optimum conditions of the pin-hole welding have been selected. This paper describes the experimental results of the pin-hole welds of the fuel specimens and the metallography examinations of the pin-hole welded specimens for various pressure conditions for the fuel irradiation test using the 3-pin FTL. These investigations satisfied the requirements of the irradiation test and the pin-hole welds for the fuel specimens at the HANARO research reactor

Part of:
Proceedings of the KNS spring meeting

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
KNS
Imprint Place
Taejon (Korea, Republic of)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the KNS spring meeting
Imprint Pagination
[1 CD-ROM]
Journal Page Range
[2 p.]

Conference

Title
2005 spring meeting of the KNS
Dates
26-27 May 2005
Place
Jeju (Korea, Republic of)

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
37041532
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CLADDING; HANARO REACTOR; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; PERFORMANCE; WELDING
Descriptors DEC
DEPOSITION; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FABRICATION; FUELS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS; JOINING; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; POOL TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SURFACE COATING; TEST FACILITIES; TEST REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
4 refs, 4 figs, 1 tab