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Unique Irradiation Rigs Developed for the HFR Petten at the JRC-IE: Lyra, Quattro and Fuel Irradiation Facilities

Creators

  • 1. JRC-IE, Institute for Energy of European Commission, Petten (Netherlands)

Description

The HFR Petten is a key research reactor in Europe and in the course of the last decades several dedicated irradiation facilities have been developed and successfully operated. For example, as regards materials irradiation, in the frame of the European Network AMES (Ageing Materials and Evaluation Studies), the irradiation behaviour of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels, and thermal annealing efficiency and sensibility to re-irradiation damage are being investigated. Today the rig is a very promising tool for GIF research on materials. Similarly the QUATTRO rig has been tailored to GIF research. Dedicated irradiation rigs are also designed and operated by the IE to test advanced fuels; e.g. HTR fuel. An overview of the developed facilities is given in the following paper as well as examples of achieved results. (author)

Part of:
Research Reactor Application for Materials under High Neutron Fluence. Proceedings of an IAEA Technical Meeting (TM-34779)

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/TE_1659_web.pdf; http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/publications.asp;

Publishing Information

ISBN
978-92-0-116010-2
Imprint Title
Research Reactor Application for Materials under High Neutron Fluence. Proceedings of an IAEA Technical Meeting (TM-34779)
Imprint Pagination
197 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 83-90
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--1659

Conference

Title
IAEA Technical Meeting on Research Reactor Application for Materials under High Neutron Fluence
Dates
17-21 Nov 2008
Place
Vienna (Austria)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42093092
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AGING; ANNEALING; DAMAGE; EFFICIENCY; FUEL ELEMENTS; HFR REACTOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEELS
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CONTAINERS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; HEAT TREATMENTS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
6 figs., 1 tab., 8 refs.
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-TM--34779