Analysis of fuel cladding chemical interaction in mixed oxide fuel pins. [LMFBR]

Conference · Tue May 11 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7252191

Weber, J. W.; Dutt, D. S.

An analysis is presented of the observed interaction between mixed oxide 75 wt percent UO/sub 2/--25 wt percent PuO/sub 2/ fuel and 316--20 percent CW stainless steel cladding in LMFBR type fuel pins irradiated in EBR-II. A description is given of the test pins and their operating conditions together with, metallographic observations and measurements of the fuel/cladding reaction, and a correlation equation is developed relating depth of cladding attack to temperature and burnup. Some recent data on cladding reaction in fuel pins with low initial O/M in the fuel are given and compared with the correlation equation curves.

• Research Organization: Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, Wash. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: E(45-1)-2170
• OSTI ID: 7252191
• Report Number(s): HEDL-SA-804; CONF-760622-47
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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