The OSU Hydro-Mechanical Fuel Test Facility: Standard Fuel Element Testing

Conference · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

OSTI ID:1004231

Marcum, Wade R; Woods, Brian G; Phillips, Ann Marie; Ambrosek, Richard G; Wiest, James D; Wachs, Daniel M

Oregon State University (OSU) and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are currently collaborating on a test program which entails hydro-mechanical testing of a generic plate type fuel element, or standard fuel element (SFE), for the purpose of qualitatively demonstrating mechanical integrity of uranium-molybdenum monolithic plates as compared to that of uranium aluminum dispersion, and aluminum fuel plates due to hydraulic forces. This test program supports ongoing work conducted for/by the fuel development program and will take place at OSU in the Hydro-Mechanical Fuel Test Facility (HMFTF). Discussion of a preliminary test matrix, SFE design, measurement and instrumentation techniques, and facility description are detailed in this paper.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - NA
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1004231
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-10-20107; TRN: US1100640
• Resource Relation: Conference: RERTR 2010, 32nd Internatioinal Meeting n Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors,Lisbon, Portugal,10/10/2010,10/14/2010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ALUMINIUM
DESIGN
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL PLATES
HYDRAULICS
PLATES
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
TESTING
URANIUM
fuel
fuel plate
High Performance Research Reactor
HMFTF
HPRR
Hydro-Mechanical Fuel Test Facility
LEU
low enriched uranium
Oregon State University
OSU
RERTR
SFE
Standard Fuel Element