Behavior of 12 wt% TRIGA fuel after many years of operation
Journal Article
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:552419
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
In July 1972, six 12 wt% Uzr-H TRIGA fuel elements were loaded into the B-ring, the innermost ring, of the Penn State Breazeale Research Reactor (PSBR) to increase its k{sub eff}. Of these initial six fuel elements, three remain in the core, and the other three fuel elements had to be removed from the core. The purpose of this summary is to present operational-type data on the 12 wt% Uzr-H TRIGA fuel elements that have been in the PSBR during the past 25 yr and to postulate reasons for the structural change of those removed from the core.
- OSTI ID:
- 552419
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-971125-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 98:001630
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 77; Conference: 1997 American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 16-20 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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