FUEL ELEMENT EXPERIMENTS IN SADE-VBWR NUCLEAR SUPERHEAT LOOP
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4620691
Three irradiation experiments are described, which were designed to study the behavior of fuel elements in a reactor superheated steam environment. The experiments were conducted in the Superheat Advanced Demonstration Experiment (SADE) loop, Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor. The results obtained demonstrated that 304 stainless steel fuel clad is unsatisfactory for use in nuclear superheat fuel sheath designs where plastic strain or plastic deformation is allowed to occur. The results were in agreement with those reported for a previous experiment in SADE (SH-4B), and constituted the basis for change in direction of the superheat fuel program in regard to both design and fuel sheath selection. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co. Atomic Power Equipment Dept., San Jose, Calif.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-040270
- OSTI ID:
- 4620691
- Report Number(s):
- GEAP-4240
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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