Whole-Pin Furnace system: An experimental facility for studying irradiated fuel pin behavior under potential reactor accident conditions

Conference · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6888601

Liu, Y Y; Tsai, H C; Donahue, D A; Pushis, D O; Savoie, F E; Holland, J W; Wright, A E; August, C; Bailey, J L; Patterson, D R

The whole-pin furnace system is a new in-cell experimental facility constructed to investigate how irradiated fuel pins may fail under potential reactor accident conditions. Extensive checkouts have demonstrated excellent performance in remote operation, temperature control, pin breach detection, and fission gas handling. The system is currently being used in testing of EBIR-II-irradiated Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) metal fuel pins; future testing will include EBR-II-irradiated mixed-oxide fuel pins. 7 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/NE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6888601
• Report Number(s): CONF-900804-24; ON: DE90011150; TRN: 90-019988
• Resource Relation: Conference: International topical meeting on fast reactor safety, Snowbird, UT (USA), 12-16 Aug 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
IFR REACTOR
FUEL PINS
EBR-2 REACTOR
FAILURES
FURNACES
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDRAULICS
IRRADIATION
LOSS OF FLOW
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR SAFETY
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
TEST FACILITIES
ACCIDENTS
BREEDER REACTORS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FLUID MECHANICS
FUEL ELEMENTS
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
MECHANICS
POWER REACTORS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
SAFETY
SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
ZERO POWER REACTORS
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