First high temperature safety tests of AGR-1 TRISO fuel with the Fuel Accident Condition Simulator (FACS) furnace

Demkowicz, Paul A.; Reber, Edward L.; Scates, Dawn M.; Scott, Les; Collin, Blaise P.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.05.006

Title: First high temperature safety tests of AGR-1 TRISO fuel with the Fuel Accident Condition Simulator (FACS) furnace

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Authors:: Demkowicz, Paul A.; Reber, Edward L.; Scates, Dawn M.; Scott, Les; Collin, Blaise P.

Publication Date:: Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1252519

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Nuclear Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Journal Volume: 464 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Demkowicz, Paul A., Reber, Edward L., Scates, Dawn M., Scott, Les, and Collin, Blaise P. First high temperature safety tests of AGR-1 TRISO fuel with the Fuel Accident Condition Simulator (FACS) furnace.  Netherlands: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Demkowicz, Paul A., Reber, Edward L., Scates, Dawn M., Scott, Les, & Collin, Blaise P. First high temperature safety tests of AGR-1 TRISO fuel with the Fuel Accident Condition Simulator (FACS) furnace.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.05.006

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                    Demkowicz, Paul A., Reber, Edward L., Scates, Dawn M., Scott, Les, and Collin, Blaise P. Tue .  
"First high temperature safety tests of AGR-1 TRISO fuel with the Fuel Accident Condition Simulator (FACS) furnace".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.05.006.

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  title        = {First high temperature safety tests of AGR-1 TRISO fuel with the Fuel Accident Condition Simulator (FACS) furnace},

  author       = {Demkowicz, Paul A. and Reber, Edward L. and Scates, Dawn M. and Scott, Les and Collin, Blaise P.},

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  year         = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

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