Published June 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

UO2 fuel behavior under RIA type tests

  • 1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Pitesti (Romania)

Description

This paper describes the test conducted to investigate the failure threshold of the fuel when subjected to RIA, accomplished in the TRIGA ACPR Nuclear Research Institute, Pitesti. The reactor facility, the capsule used in experiments and the experimental results are presented. The failure threshold was determined at 200 cal/g for an atmospheric gap pressure comparable with similar tests. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
188
Journal Page Range
p. 168-176.
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

Conference

Title
Fall meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). Symposium E on nuclear materials for fission reactors.
Dates
5-8 Nov 1991.
Place
Strasbourg (France).