Published September 1989 | Version v1
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A versatile apparatus for studying irradiated fuel behavior

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Description

A computer-controlled furnace system in the Alpha-Gamma Hot Cell Facility (ACHCF) at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois is being used to investigate the behavior of irradiated fuel materials under a variety of thermal conditions. The Fuel Behavior Test Apparatus (FBTA) is capable of accurate specimen temperature control over extended periods at temperatures up to ∼1000 degree C, with short-term capability up to 1600 degree C. The principal current use of the FBTA is to study the compatibility between irradiated metal fuels and stainless steel claddings at elevated temperatures to support the fuel development for the Integral Fast Reactor. Other types of experiments, such as investigating fission-gas release characteristics, fuel dimensional stability, and fuel motion, are also possible with this apparatus. The system performance has been excellent and over seventy tests have been conducted over a two-year period

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; NTIS, PC A03/MF A01 as DE90003556; OSTI; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
17 p.
Report number
CONF-891103--54

Conference

Title
Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society.
Dates
26-30 Nov 1989.
Place
San Francisco, CA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21036712
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CLADDING; COMPATIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FUEL ELEMENTS; FURNACES; HOT CELLS; IRRADIATION; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASURING METHODS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SIMULATION; TRANSIENTS; VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BREEDER REACTORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA; DEPOSITION; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EQUIPMENT; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; INFORMATION; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; NUMERICAL DATA; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SURFACE COATING; TESTING

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-31109-ENG-38