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Irradiation behaviour of coated particle fuel. Project DRAGON

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4111301
Irradiation experiments have been carried out both within the Dragon Project and at A.E.R.E. on a variety of carbide fuels coated with either pyrocarbon or composite pyrocarbon-SiC coatings. Both static capsule and gas cooled loop experiments have been performed covering a range of burn-ups up to 14% of initial metal atoms.
Research Organization:
Atomic Energy Establishment (AEE), Winfrith, England (United Kingdom); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Atomic Energy Establishment (AEE)
NSA Number:
NSA-24-046813
OSTI ID:
4111301
Report Number(s):
DP-Report--227
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English