Mechanical Tests and Analyses on the FBR Ductless Fuel Assembly

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2002

OSTI ID:21167817

Itoh, K; Sato, T; Ogura, M ^[1]; Ohkubo, Y ^[2]; Moro, S ^[3]; Madarame, H ^[4]

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1. Nuclear Development Corp., 622-12, Funaishikawa, Tokaimura, Ibaraki 319-1111 (Japan)
2. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., 3-1 Minatomirai 3-chome, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-84 (Japan)
3. Institute of Applied Energy, 14-2 Nishishimbashi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 (Japan)
4. University of Tokyo, 2-22 Shirakata-shirane, Tokaimura, Ibaraki 319-11 (Japan)

Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) cores, which are composed of ductless fuel assemblies, have many potentialities of cost reduction through whole fuel cycle procedures with safety features, and of reduced high-level-waste disposal. The mechanistic aspects of the ductless fuel assembly have been investigated by mechanical tests and analyses, and the core static behaviors under the irradiation and the seismic occasion have been clarified in this study. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 21167817
• Resource Relation: Conference: ICAPP'02: 2002 International congress on advances in nuclear power plants, Hollywood, FL (United States), 9-13 Jun 2002; Other Information: Country of input: France; 11 refs
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
COST
FBR TYPE REACTORS
FUEL ASSEMBLIES
FUEL CYCLE
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
IRRADIATION
MECHANICAL TESTS
SAFETY