Behavior of mixed-oxide fuel elements during the TOPI-1E transient overpower test

Conference · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10132157

Tsai, H; Neimark, L A ^[1]; Yamamoto, K; Hirai, K; Shikakura, S ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Tokyo (Japan)

A slow-ramp, extended overpower transient test was conducted on a group of nineteen preirradiated mixed-oxide fuel elements in EBR-II. During the transient two of the test elements with high-density fuel and tempered martensitic cladding (PNC-FMS) breached at an overpower of {approx}75%. Fuel elements with austenitic claddings (D9, PNC316, and PNC150), many with aggressive design features and high burnups, survived the overpower transient and incurred little or no cladding strain. Fuel elements with annual fuel or heterogeneous fuel columns also behaved well.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10132157
• Report Number(s): ANL/ET/CP--80062; CONF-940402--20; ON: DE94007632
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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