Published September 1999 | Version v1
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Status of the TRABANT Irradiation Experiments

Creators

  • 1. European Commission, JRC, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Postfach 2340, D-7 6125 Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 2. Fuel Research Department, Nuclear Reactors Directorate, CEA, Cadarache, Bat. 315, F-13108 Saint Paul lez Durance Cedex (France)
  • 3. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, PSF, Postfach 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe (Germany)

Description

Post irradiation examination of a failed (U,Pu)O2 pin (Pu/(U+Pu) = 0.45) of the TRABANT1 irradiation programme indicates a failure (ca. 6 cm long) at the top of the fuel column. This could have been caused by an excessively high linear power. For the TRABANT2 irradiation programme, three MOX fuel pins with high Pu content have been fabricated by mechanical blending of powders and sol gel routes. Their irradiation in HFR Petten is scheduled to begin in the second half of 1999

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society - ANS
Imprint Place
Jackson Hole, Wyoming (United States)
Imprint Pagination
6 p.

Conference

Title
International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems - Nuclear Technology - Bridging the Millennia
Acronym
Global'99
Dates
29 Aug - 3 Sep 1999
Place
Las Vegas, NV (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
53059445
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FUEL PINS; IRRADIATION; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION; POWDERS; SOL-GEL PROCESS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY SOURCES; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; SOLID FUELS

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Notes
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