Advanced LWR Fuel Testing Capabilities in the ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2008

OSTI ID:931161

Ott, Larry J ^[1]; McDuffee, Joel Lee ^[1]; Spellman, Donald J ^[1]

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1. ORNL

A new test capability for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is being developed that will allow testing of advanced nuclear fuels and cladding materials under prototypic light-water reactor (LWR) operating conditions in less time than it takes in other research reactors. This paper will describe the HFIR testing capabilities, the new advanced fuel/cladding testing facilities, and the initial cooperative irradiation experiments currently planned to start in late 2008.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 931161
• Resource Relation: Conference: Workshop on Advanced Reactors with Innovative Fuels (ARWIF-2008), Tsurguga/Fukui, Japan, 20080220, 20080222
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
HFIR REACTOR
IRRADIATION
NUCLEAR FUELS
ORNL
RESEARCH REACTORS
TESTING
LWR Fuel Test Capabilities
ORNL High Flux Isotope Reactor