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In-pile behaviour of UKAEA produced silicide fuel elements at the HFR Petten

Creators

  • 1. United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland KW14 7TZ (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the Institute for Advanced Materials (IAM) of the European Commission (NL)
  • 3. Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN) (NL)

Description

UKAEA at Dounreay, United Kingdom, have fabricated two LEU Silicide Elements with a uranium density of 4.8g cm3, for qualification of UKAEA produced silicide fuel. These elements have successfully passed all pre-irradiation checks and are now approaching their 300 full power days target for irradiation in the High Flux Reactor (HFR) at Petten, The Netherlands. In-pile performance to date has been as expected and completion of irradiation is scheduled for 13 October 1997. On completion of the irradiation the elements will be stored for approximately 100 days for fission products decay before undergoing Post Irradiation Examination. (author)

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Abstracts and papers of the 1997 International RERTR Meeting

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URL
http://www.td.anl.gov/Programs/RERTR/PAPERS97.html;

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Abstracts and papers of the 1997 International RERTR Meeting
Imprint Pagination
259 p.
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
Report number
INIS-XA-C--009

Conference

Title
20. international meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR)
Dates
5-10 Oct 1997
Place
Jackson Hole, WY (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35089161
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BURNUP; FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS; HFR REACTOR; POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM; URANIUM SILICIDES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; METALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SILICIDES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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