Production Test-IP-616-A irradiation of enriched hot-die-size diffusion-bonded fuel elements
The objectives of this production test are: (1) to authorize the irradiation of enriched uranium hot-die-size diffusion-bonded fuel elements; (2) to provide information for further evaluation of the hot-die-size process; (3) to evaluate the relative corrosion behavior of the enriched hot-die-sized fuel as compared to the corresponding Al-Si fuel model; and (4) to determine the gross dimensional stability of the fuel under irradiation. This test authorizes irradiation of 19 monitor columns of enriched self-support fuel elements in the C Reactor. The columns will contain 28 fuel elements each; each of the columns will contain 14 fuel elements fabricated by the hot-die-size diffusion-bonded process and 14 elements of the standard Al-Si type. Ten of the columns will contain, in alternate positions in the downstream half of the charge, ``paired`` Al-Si and hot-die-size elements -- elements containing cores from adjacent ingot rod positions. The remaining nine columns will contain hot-die-sized and Al-Si elements, paired by ingot only, in alternate positions in the downstream half of each column. The upstream portion of all charges will contain hot-die-sized and Al-Si elements in alternate column positions. All of the columns of this test will be irradiated to an average column exposure of 1000 Mwd/t. The elements will be specially picked-up after discharge and subsequently examined in the 105-C Metal Examination Facility.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Richland, WA (United States). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 10145227
- Report Number(s):
- HW--78960; ON: DE94010483
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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