Fuel canister and blockage pin fabrication for SLSF Experiment P4. [LMFBR]
As part of its fast breeder reactor safety research program, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has conducted an experiment (SLSF Experiment P4) to determine the extent of fuel-failure propagation resulting from the release of molten fuel from one or more heat-generating fuel canisters. The test conditions consisted of 37 full-length FTR fuel pins operating at FTR rated core nominal peak fuel/reduced coolant conditions. Thirty-four of the the fuel pins were prototypical FTR mixed-oxide fuel pins. The other three fuel pins were fabricated with a mid-core section having an enlarged canister containing fully enriched UO/sub 2/. Two of the canisters were cylindrical and one was fluted. The cylindrical canisters were designed to fail and release molten fuel into the 37-pin fuel cluster at near full power.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76FF02170
- OSTI ID:
- 5757078
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-SA-2855-S; CONF-830609-58; ON: DE83017010
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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