Release of fission products from Zircaloy-clad UO$sub 2$ fuel at around 1000$sup 0$C
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4934947
Fission product release experiments have been carried out with Zircaloy- clad UO/sub 2/ fuel pins including two which were available from an irradiation experiment in SGHWR. The pins were caused to fail in flowing steam at ~1000 deg C, which are conditions relevant to some SGHWR fault situations, and the escaped fission products /sup 133/Xe, /sup 131/I, and in some cases /sup 85/Kr, were trapped and measured The results of these experiments are assessed with a view to providing the best present estimates of inert gas//sup 131/I release - ratios for use in reactor incident evaluation. 4 references. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- UKAEA Reactor Group, Sellafield
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Sponsor not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-009340
- OSTI ID:
- 4934947
- Report Number(s):
- TRG-Report--2433
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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