Performance analysis and checkout of the whole pin furnace system
The new Whole Pin Furnace system in the Alpha-Gamma Hot Cell Facility is being used to perform out-of-reactor overheating tests of intact, EBR-II-irradiated metallic fuel pins. It provides an effective and economical means to study the behavior of irradiated fuel pins under long-term (minutes to days) simulated reactor accident conditions and essentially bridges the gap between short-term TREAT tests and low-temperature inherent safety demonstration experiments in EBR-II. An overall description of the system and its performance characteristics is presented. Extensive out-of-cell and in-cell checkout tests were performed with "dummy" and pre-irradiated fuel pins and confirmed the utility of the WPF system. Results of the first irradiated fuel test (FM-1) are presented.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 714939
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-IFR-154; 154061
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Oct 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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