Interim report on the post irradiation examination of capsules 2 and 3 of the HFR-B1 experiment

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10192708· OSTI ID:10192708

Myers, B F ^[1]; Pott, G; Schenk, W; Schroeder, R; Kuehlein, W; Buecker, H J; Dahmen, H; Landsgesell, K; Nieveler, F ^[2]

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1. ed.; Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (Germany)

This is an interim report on the post irradiation examination (PIE) of capsules 2 and 3 of the HFR-B1 experiment The PIE has been conducted by the Forschungszentrum Juelich and is nearing completion. After disassembly of the capsules, the examination focused on capsule components including fuel compacts, inert compacts fired in different media, graphite cylinders of different grades, unbonded coated fuel particles and unfueled graphite; in addition, heating experiments with intermittent injections of water vapor were conducted using fuel compacts and the kernels of uranium oxycarbide. Measurement involved gamma scanning and counting, photography, metallography, dimensional and weight changes, burnup determination and fission product release.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10192708
• Report Number(s): ORNL/M-3768; ON: DE95002373
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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