Preliminary Results of an On-Line, Multi-Spectrometer Fission Product Monitoring System to Support Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Testing and Qualification in the Advanced Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory
The Advanced Gas Reactor -1 (AGR-1) experiment is the first experiment in a series of eight separate low enriched uranium (LEU) oxycarbide (UCO) tri-isotropic (TRISO) particle fuel (in compact form) experiments scheduled for placement in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) located at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The experiment began irradiation in the ATR with a cycle that reached full power on December 26, 2006 and will continue irradiation for about 2.5 years. During this time six separate capsules, will be irradiated in an inert sweep gas atmosphere with individual on-line fission product monitoring on its effluent to track performance of the fuel in each individual capsule during irradiation. The goals of the irradiation experiment is to provide irradiation performance data to support fuel process development, to qualify fuel for normal operating conditions, to support development and validation of fuel, and to provide irradiated fuel and materials for post irradiation examination (PIE) and safety testing. This paper presents the preliminary test details of the fuel performance, as measured by the control and acquisition software.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE - NE
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-99ID-13727
- OSTI ID:
- 920418
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-07-12687; TRN: US0805570
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium,Honolulu, Hawaii,10/28/2007,11/03/2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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46 - INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ENRICHED URANIUM
FISSION PRODUCTS
IRRADIATION
MONITORING
NUCLEAR FUELS
OXYCARBIDES
PERFORMANCE
POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION
SAFETY
SPENT FUELS
TEST REACTORS
TESTING
VALIDATION
Advanced Gas Reactor
Advanced Test Reactor
fission product monitoring
TRISO