FFTF (Fast Flux Test Facility) management

Conference · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6260322

Bennett, C L

Fuel Management at the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) involves more than just the usual ex-core and in-core management of standard fuel and non-fuel components between storage locations and within the core since it is primarily an irradiation test facility. This mission involves testing an ever increasing variety of fueled and non-fueled experiments, each having unique requirements on the reactor core as well as having its own individual impact on the reload design. This paper describes the fuel management process used by the Westinghouse Hanford Company Core Engineering group that has led to the successful reload design of nine operating cycles and the irradiation of over 120 tests.

• Research Organization: Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76FF02170
• OSTI ID: 6260322
• Report Number(s): HEDL-SA-3633-FP; CONF-870917-4; ON: DE87014385
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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