Report on Plasma Spraying of Full-Sized Foils (FY13)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
This report is the deliverable fulfilling task B40700. The application of the Zr diffusion barrier between the U-Mo fuel and the Al cladding has been an ongoing area of research [1-8]. The goal of the research described in this report was to demonstrate the plasma spraying technique for depositing zirconium (Zr) onto full sized U-Mo foils to demonstrate scale up of the process from the mini foil samples (1”x4”x ~0.015”) coated previously. Full size denotes one of the actual fuel foil sizes for one of the five research reactors (MURR, NIST, MIT, HFIR, ATR) to be converted to LEU fuel in the US research reactor Convert program. The smallest full sized fuel foil is for the NIST reactor with a size of 11.37”x2.436”x0.020”. The largest full sized fuel foil is for the ATR reactor with a size of 48.01”x3.43”x0.020”. The widest full sized fuel foil is for the MURR reactor with a size of 24”x4.052”x0.020”. The current LANL vacuum plasma spray system can accommodate a foil length of 24” or less. Therefore, as a demonstration of the widest foil in the program and the maximum length foil that can be processed on the current LANL system, a nominal 24”x4”x0.020” foil was chosen as the goal for scale up activities.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1122033
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-14-21274
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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