INSTRUMENTATION FOR IN-CORE REAL-TIME MECHANICAL TESTING OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS (INCREASE) PROJECT

Conference · Fri Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2024

OSTI ID:2448091

Wilding, Malwina A ^[1]; Jewell, James K ^[1]; Calderoni, Pattrick ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory

Idaho National Laboratory (INL), in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Nuclear Regulatory Commission, French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA), Joint Research Centre, Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group, and Research Center Rez, is the operating agent of the In-Core Real-Time Mechanical Testing of Structural Materials (INCREASE) joint experimental program (JEEP) project that operates within the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)’s Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) program. The first objective of the INCREASE project is to design a shared capsule that can house a variety of in-core mechanical testing instrumentation for enabling smart irradiation experiments. The second objective is to collect in core stress relaxation data pertaining to high priority stainless steel (SS) materials under light water reactor conditions with target temperature of 340°C +/-20°C and a minimum neutron damage of 2 displacement per atom (dpa). The INCREASE project will be demonstrated in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Research Reactor (MITR).

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: 62
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 2448091
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-24-77269-Rev000
• Conference Information: The European Research Reactor Conference (RRFM), Warsaw, Poland, 04/21/2024 - 04/25/2024
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
42 ENGINEERING
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
bellows
FIDES II
in-pile instrumentation
in-pile mechanical testing
in-pile stress relaxation
JEEP
LVDTs
neutron dosimeters
SiC
SPNDs
TCs