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Air oxidation behavior of fuel for the high temperature engineering test reactor (HTTR)

Abstract

The oxidation behavior of the HTTR fuel was studied with respect to the scenario of an air ingress accident which had been assessed in the HTTR safety analysis. The coated fuel particles were heated under a sufficient air flow in the temperature range of 900-1400degC for maximum duration of 600 h (at 1300degC). Failure fractions of the SiC coating layer after the heat treatments remained within the fraction at the fuel production. And the failure behavior of the SiC layer did not depend on such heating conditions as the temperature and the duration in the present experiment. It was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction and laser Raman spectroscopy that a thin oxide film was formed on the SiC layer by the heat treatments. (author).
Authors:
Kikuchi, Hironobu; Hayashi, Kimio; Fukuda, Kousaku [1] 
  1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan). Tokai Research Establishment
Publication Date:
Aug 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
JAERI-M-92-114
Reference Number:
SCA: 220900; 220600; 210300; PA: JPN-92:011270; SN: 93000918675
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1992
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; FUEL ELEMENT FAILURE; OXIDATION; COATED FUEL PARTICLES; HTTR REACTOR; REACTOR SAFETY; AIR; FUEL INTEGRITY; SILICON CARBIDES; COATINGS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; FISSION PRODUCTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; 220900; 220600; 210300; RESEARCH, TEST, TRAINING, PRODUCTION, IRRADIATION, MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; POWER REACTORS, NONBREEDING, GRAPHITE MODERATED
OSTI ID:
10111318
Research Organizations:
Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokyo (Japan)
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93753349; TRN: JP9211270
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS; INIS
Submitting Site:
JPN
Size:
26 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 30, 2005

Citation Formats

Kikuchi, Hironobu, Hayashi, Kimio, and Fukuda, Kousaku. Air oxidation behavior of fuel for the high temperature engineering test reactor (HTTR). Japan: N. p., 1992. Web.
Kikuchi, Hironobu, Hayashi, Kimio, & Fukuda, Kousaku. Air oxidation behavior of fuel for the high temperature engineering test reactor (HTTR). Japan.
Kikuchi, Hironobu, Hayashi, Kimio, and Fukuda, Kousaku. 1992. "Air oxidation behavior of fuel for the high temperature engineering test reactor (HTTR)." Japan.
@misc{etde_10111318,
title = {Air oxidation behavior of fuel for the high temperature engineering test reactor (HTTR)}
author = {Kikuchi, Hironobu, Hayashi, Kimio, and Fukuda, Kousaku}
abstractNote = {The oxidation behavior of the HTTR fuel was studied with respect to the scenario of an air ingress accident which had been assessed in the HTTR safety analysis. The coated fuel particles were heated under a sufficient air flow in the temperature range of 900-1400degC for maximum duration of 600 h (at 1300degC). Failure fractions of the SiC coating layer after the heat treatments remained within the fraction at the fuel production. And the failure behavior of the SiC layer did not depend on such heating conditions as the temperature and the duration in the present experiment. It was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction and laser Raman spectroscopy that a thin oxide film was formed on the SiC layer by the heat treatments. (author).}
place = {Japan}
year = {1992}
month = {Aug}
}