Fabrication, irradiation and post-irradiation examinations of MO2 and UO2 sphere-pac and UO2 pellet fuel pins irradiated in a PWR loop
Creators
- 1. Netherlands Energy Resarch Foundation ECN, Petten
Description
The document reports in detail the fuel pin fabrication data and describes the irradiation conditions and history. All the relevant results of the non-destructive and destructive post-irradiation examinations are reported. They include: visual inspection and chemical analysis of crud; length and diameter measurements; neutron radiography and gamma scanning; juncture tests and fission gas analysis (including residual gas in fuel samples); microscopy and alpha + beta/gamma autoradiography; microprobe investigations; burn-up and isotopic analysis; and hydrogen analysis in clad. The data and observations obtained are discussed in detail and conclusions are given. The irradiation and post-irradiation examinations of the R-109 pins have shown the safe, pre-calculable performance of LWR fuel pins containing mixed-oxide sphere-pac fuel with the fissile material mainly present in the large spheres
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Publishing Information
- ISBN
- 92-825-2901-0
- Imprint Pagination
- 270 p.
- Report number
- EUR--7599
INIS
- Country of Publication
- European Commission (EC), Brussels (Belgium)
- Country of Input or Organization
- European Commission (EC), Brussels (Belgium)
- INIS RN
- 14772706
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNUP; BWR TYPE REACTORS; CHEMICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; FUEL PELLETS; FUEL PINS; FUEL-CLADDING INTERACTIONS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; PLUTONIUM RECYCLE; POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION; PWR TYPE REACTORS; SPENT FUELS; SPHERES; URANIUM DIOXIDE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIATION EFFECTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SOLID FUELS; TESTING; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract 002-75-7RPUN