The EFTTRA European collaboration for the development of fuels and targets for transmutation: status of recent developments
Conference
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OSTI ID:23142072
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre Institute for Transuranium Elements, Postfach 2340 76125 Karlsruhe (Germany)
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Advanced Materials, P.O. Box2, 1755 ZG Petten (Netherlands)
- Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76125 Karlsruhe (Germany)
- Commisariat a l'Energy Atomique, Centre de Cadarache, 13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex (France)
- NRG, P.O. Box25, 1755 ZG Petten (Netherlands)
- Electricite de France, SEPTEN, 12-14 Avenue Dutrievoz, 69628 Villeurbanne Cedex (France)
The progress of the irradiation program of EFTTRA is described. The results of the T4 test, the transmutation of americium in a MgAl{sub 2}O{sub 4}-based fuel, are presented. Extensive swelling of the fuel took place, probably due to the damage of the matrix by fission products and/or accumulation of helium because of alpha decay. The lessons learned from T4 and related EFTTRA experiments have lead to a more promising fuel concept based on a macrodispersion of an americium-containing host phase in the inert matrix. Two new experiments to test this and other concepts will be presented.
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 23142072
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Global'99: International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems - Nuclear Technology - Bridging the Millennia, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 29 Aug - 3 Sep 1999; Other Information: Country of input: France; 21 refs.; available from American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (US)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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