Published May 1999 | Version v1
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PIE of a failed rod from IFA 597.2

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Description

Two rods in IFA 597.2 were refabricated from fuel rod 33-25065 irradiated in Ringhals 1. The irradiation of the father rod in Ringhals was prolonged to 'two lives' to reach high burnup. The objective of the test at Halden was to study the thermal behaviour and the fission gas release of high burnup commercial BWR-LWR fuel. The rods in the test were instrumented with fuel centreline thermocouples and bellows pressure transducers. Fuel rod 5 in IFA 597.2 failed during the test at Halden. The failed rod was transported to Studsvik for post irradiation examination. The main purpose of the examination was a study of the failure. The examination of the failed rod, described in this paper, was financed by the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (author) (ml)

Part of:
Enlarged Halden programme group meeting on high burn-up fuel performance, safety and reliability and degradation of in-core materials and water chemistry effects and man-machine systems research. Volume II

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
High burn-up fuel performance, safety and reliability and degradation of in-core materials and water chemistry effects and man-machine systems research
Imprint Pagination
vp.
Journal Page Range
p. 28
Report number
HPR--351-V2

Conference

Title
Enlarged HPG meeting on high burn-up fuel performance, safety and reliability and degradation of in-core materials and water chemistry effects and man-machine systems research
Dates
24-29 May 1999
Place
Loen (Norway)

INIS

Country of Publication
Norway
Country of Input or Organization
Norway
INIS RN
38108756
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature, Conference
Descriptors DEI
BELLOWS; BURNUP; C CODES; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FUEL ELEMENT FAILURE; FUEL PELLETS; HBWR REACTOR; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION; RINGHALS-1 REACTOR; SPENT FUELS; THERMOCOUPLES; TRANSDUCERS
Descriptors DEC
BHWR TYPE REACTORS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; COMPUTER CODES; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FAILURES; FUELS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUCLEAR FUELS; PELLETS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TESTING; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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Notes
5 refs., 10 figs., 1 tab