Published October 1, 2008 | Version v1
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TESTING AND ACCEPTANCE OF FUEL PLATES FOR RERTR FUEL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIMENTS

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Description

This paper discusses how candidate fuel plates for RERTR Fuel Development experiments are examined and tested for acceptance prior to reactor insertion. These tests include destructive and nondestructive examinations (DE and NDE). The DE includes blister annealing for dispersion fuel plates, bend testing of adjacent cladding, and microscopic examination of archive fuel plates. The NDE includes Ultrasonic (UT) scanning and radiography. UT tests include an ultrasonic scan for areas of 'debonds' and a high frequency ultrasonic scan to determine the 'minimum cladding' over the fuel. Radiography inspections include identifying fuel outside of the maximum fuel zone and measurements and calculations for fuel density. Details of each test are provided and acceptance criteria are defined. These tests help to provide a high level of confidence the fuel plate will perform in the reactor without a breach in the cladding.

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URL
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/941736-ToF8pl/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
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Report number
INL/CON--08-14551

Conference

Title
30. International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors
Acronym
RERTR 2008
Dates
5-9 Oct 2008
Place
Washington, DC (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
40004416
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ANNEALING; BLISTERS; FUEL PLATES; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES
Descriptors DEC
FUEL ELEMENTS; HEAT TREATMENTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SOUND WAVES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC07-99ID-13727
Funding organization
DOE - NNSA (United States)