Development of Accelerated Steady-state Test Capsule Experiments to Replicate EBR-II Fuel Behavior Using BISON Fuel Performance Analysis
- Idaho National Laboratory
Here in this work, BISON fuel performance calculations were performed to predict the fuel behavior of accelerated burnup U-Pu-Zr fuel, with temperature operation conditions of the fuel and the cladding mirroring conditions within EBR-II fuel pins. The temperature operating conditions within the FAST accelerated burnup rods were aimed at replicating EBR-II X447/X447A fuel surface and inner cladding surface temperatures. Due to the FAST capsule design, these temperatures can be replicated with fission rate densities being significantly increased. fuel performance modeling has not been assessed for novel experiments such as accelerated burnup utilizing the FAST capsule within ATR. This is an important step in understanding accelerated irradiation methods as many performance models are empirical models conforming to the results of PIE but do not always include physical models that would represent the changes in irradiation tests.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1880225
- Report Number(s):
- INL/EXP-22-68312-Rev000
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2022 INL Intern Poster Session, INL Energy Innovation Laboratory, 775 MK Simpson Blvd, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, 08/11/2022 - 08/11/2022
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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