Fast Flux Test Facility metal fuel pin fabrication

Conference · Mon May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:6110976

Benecke, M W; Dittmer, J O; Feigenbutz, L V

A new initiative to develop, irradiate, and qualify a binary uranium/zirconium metal fuel system in the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) has been implemented by the Westinghouse Hanford Company for the US Department of Energy. Metal fuel test assemblies have been designed and fabricated and are now being irradiated in FFTF to provide the data needed to support the potential use of binary fuels in FFTF and other liquid metal reactors. These development efforts support licensing activities for metal fuel use in near-term advanced liquid metal reactors. New metal fuel pin design features, fabrication development, and fabrication processes for three metal fuel tests will be described and their irradiation status reported in this paper. 11 figs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6110976
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-0471; CONF-890604-6; ON: DE89013531
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EPITHERMAL REACTORS
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