Postirradiation examination of light water reactor fuel: a United States perspective

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6634804

Neimark, L. A.; Ocken, H.

Poolside and hot-cell postirradiation examination (PIE) have played and will continue to play a significant role in the US LWR program. The principal uses of PIE are in fuel surveillance, fuel improvement, and failure analysis programs and in the postmortem analysis of safety-related tests. Institutional problems associated with fuel shipping, waste disposal, and fuel disposal can be expected to pose obstacles to hot-cell examinations and likely result in more sophisticated poolside examinations.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6634804
• Report Number(s): CONF-800592-8; TRN: 81-007273
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on postirradiation examination, Grange-Over-Sands, UK, 13 May 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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