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Snelgrove, J.L.; Hofman, G.L.; Hayes, S.L.; Meyer, M.K.
ENS RRFM 2001. Transactions. Oral presentations and posters2001
ENS RRFM 2001. Transactions. Oral presentations and posters2001
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[en] The U.S. Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors program is working to qualify dispersions of U-Mo alloys in aluminum with fuel-meat densities of 8 to 9 gU cm-3. Post irradiation examinations of the small fuel plates irradiated in the Advanced Test Reactor during the high-temperature RERTR-3 tests are virtually complete, and analysis of the large quantity of data obtained is underway. We have observed that the swelling of the fuel plates is stable and modest and that the swelling is dominated by the temperature-dependent interaction of the U-Mo fuel and the aluminum matrix. In order to extract detailed information about the behavior of these fuels from the data, a complex fuel-plate thermal model is being developed to account for the effects of the changing fission rate and thermal conductivity of the fuel meat during irradiation. This paper summarizes the empirical results of the post irradiation examinations and the preliminary results of the model development. In addition, the schedule for irradiation of full-sized elements in the HFR-Petten is briefly discussed. (author)
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European Nuclear Society, Berne (Switzerland); 215 p; 2001; p. 27-34; RRFM 2001. 5th International topical meeting on research reactor fuel management, organized by the European Nuclear Society in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency; Aachen (Germany); 1-3 Apr 2001; 6 figs., 8 refs.
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ACTINIDE ALLOYS, ACTINIDES, ALLOYS, DATA, ELEMENTS, ENERGY SOURCES, ENRICHED URANIUM, FUEL ELEMENTS, FUELS, INFORMATION, ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS, MATERIALS, METALS, NUCLEAR FUELS, NUMERICAL DATA, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTOR MATERIALS, REACTORS, SOLID FUELS, TEMPERATURE RANGE, THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, URANIUM
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