[en] Normal zone propagation experiments have been per-formed on a long length of Bi2223/Ag high temperature superconducting (HTS) tape. Tests were performed in liquid nitrogen and with gaseous helium cooling in temperatures ranging from 4.2 K to 77 K. No sustained expansion of a ''normal'' zone was observed with a short resistive heater. Non-uniform critical currents were, however, observed over the length of the conductor. When the conductor was charged and held at a current above the critical currents of weaker sections, a quench was being developed without distinctive ''normal'' zone propagation. Because of the high temperature margin and broad resistive transition of the superconductor, and the good thermal conductivity of the Ag-matrix, the quench process was very slow, and no large temperature gradient along the conductor was observed in the test duration of a few minutes