Fission product release rates measured during in-pile fuel damage tests

Conference · Fri Jan 13 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6647516

Vinjamuri, K; Osetek, D J; Hobbins, R R

A series of severe fuel damage tests is being performed in the Power Burst Facility (PBF) at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and an international group of sponsors. A major objective of the first phase of this program is to measure the release, transport, and deposition of fission products during in-pile tests similar to the accident which occurred at the Three Mile Island Unit-2 reactor. This paper describes the measured release rates (bundle inventory fractions released per minute) for fission product isotopes found in grab samples collected from the test effluent during the Severe Fuel Damage Scoping Test (SFD-ST) and Severe Fuel Damage Test 1-1 (SFD 1-1). These measured in-pile data are compared with data from the previous out-of-pile research.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 6647516
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-01484; CONF-840614-94; ON: DE84014950
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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