Published 1976 | Version v1
Report

Results of recent TOP and LOF experiments in TREAT

Description

Tests E8, L5, F1 and F2 were recent experiments performed at TREAT as a part of the LMFBR Safety Test Program. Test E8 employed seven pins with fuel which had an axial variation of its fuel microstructure more like FTR than in previous tests. Test E8 was the first overpower experiment with clear indication of an initial postfailure fuel dispersal. An analysis made with the PLUTO code indicates that the driving force for fuel expulsion to the coolant channel was fission gas. The subsequent fuel dispersal could be explained by fission-gas expansion and a very mild fuel-coolant interaction

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
LMFBR

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Fast reactor safety and related physics. Vol. IV
Journal Page Range
p. 1625-1646.
Report number
CONF-761001--P4

Conference

Title
International meeting on fast reactor safety and related physics.
Dates
5 - 8 Oct 1976.
Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA.