Results from irradiation of vented GCFR fuel rods in the GB-9 and GB-10 capsule experiments

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6802427· OSTI ID:6802427

Longest, A W; Conlin, J A

Two gas-cooled fast breeder reactor (GCFR) vented-and-pressure-equalized fuel rods were tested in the GB-9 and GB-10 instrumented thermal-flux capsule experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in support of fuel development for the GCFR. The experiments were designed to yield basic information on the fission-product release and transport behavior and general rod performance to be expected in the reference GCFR vented-element system. The report describes the design and presents the results obtained from each of these closely related experiments. A discussion of the known uncertainties in the data of both experiments is included so that the information may be applied in the GCFR and other applications.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6802427
• Report Number(s): ORNL-5258
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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