Published June 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Irradiation behavior of JOYO MK-II core fuel

  • 1. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Oarai, Ibaraki (Japan). Oarai Engineering Center

Description

Post-irradiation examination on 'JOYO' MK-II core fuel subassemblies and fuel irradiation behavior analysis have been conducted in Fuels and Materials Division. It was confirmed through these examinations that they performed satisfactorily during 'JOYO' operation and no failure was occurred. Fuel behavior dependency on burnup, linear heat rate etc. was made clear by plenty of data. Fuel behavior such as fuel temperature, material strength, FP gas release rate, FCCI, fuel pin diameter change etc. were conservative than those of estimated by design, which demonstrated the adequacy of fuel design for 'JOYO' MK-II. The fuel life at the end of using still have enough margin compared with life limit evaluated from actual irradiation data and the possibility of fuel design method improvements was suggested. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Donen Giho
Journal Issue
no.86
Journal Page Range
p. 20-33.
ISSN
0289-6605
CODEN
DOGIEL