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Title: Fission gas retention and axial expansion of irradiated metallic fuel

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/712349· OSTI ID:712349

Direct electrical heating and infrared heating techniques were used in out-of-reactor experiments on irradiated metallic fuel. The results indicate that accelerated expansion can occur during thermal transients and that the accelerated expansion is driven by retained fission gases. The results also demonstrate that gas retention and, hence, expansion behavior is a function of axial position within the pin. 12 refs., 12 figs.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
712349
Report Number(s):
ANL-IFR-45; ON: TI86026790
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English