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Title: STUDIES OF FAST REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT BEHAVIOR UNDER TRANSIENT HEATING TO FAILURE. I. INITIAL EXPERIMENTS ON METALLIC SAMPLES IN THE ABSENCE OF COOLANT

Abstract

Meltdown tests on single metallic unirradiated fuel elements in TREAT are described. The fuel elements (EBRII Mark I fuel pins, EBR-II fuel pins with retractory Nb or Ta cladding, and Fermi-I fuel pins) are tested in an inert atmosphere, with no coolant. The fuel elements are exposed to reactor power bursts of 200 msec to 25 sec duration, under conditions simulating fast reactor operations. For these tests, the type of power burst, the integrated power, the fuel enrichment, the maximum cladding temperature, and the effects of the test on the fuel element are recorded. ( T.F.H.)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., Ill.
OSTI Identifier:
4823898
Report Number(s):
ANL-6334
NSA Number:
NSA-15-032911
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31-109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; EBR-1; ENRICHMENT; EXCURSIONS; FAST NEUTRONS; FUEL CANS; FUEL ELEMENTS; HEAT TREATMENTS; HEATING; MELTING; NIOBIUM; POWER; REACTORS; REFRACTORIES; TANTALUM; TEMPERATURE; TESTING; TRANSIENTS; TREAT

Citation Formats

Dickerman, C. E., Sowa, E. S., Okrent, D., Monaweck, J., and Miller, L. B. STUDIES OF FAST REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT BEHAVIOR UNDER TRANSIENT HEATING TO FAILURE. I. INITIAL EXPERIMENTS ON METALLIC SAMPLES IN THE ABSENCE OF COOLANT. United States: N. p., 1961. Web. doi:10.2172/4823898.
Dickerman, C. E., Sowa, E. S., Okrent, D., Monaweck, J., & Miller, L. B. STUDIES OF FAST REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT BEHAVIOR UNDER TRANSIENT HEATING TO FAILURE. I. INITIAL EXPERIMENTS ON METALLIC SAMPLES IN THE ABSENCE OF COOLANT. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/4823898
Dickerman, C. E., Sowa, E. S., Okrent, D., Monaweck, J., and Miller, L. B. 1961. "STUDIES OF FAST REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT BEHAVIOR UNDER TRANSIENT HEATING TO FAILURE. I. INITIAL EXPERIMENTS ON METALLIC SAMPLES IN THE ABSENCE OF COOLANT". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/4823898. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4823898.
@article{osti_4823898,
title = {STUDIES OF FAST REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT BEHAVIOR UNDER TRANSIENT HEATING TO FAILURE. I. INITIAL EXPERIMENTS ON METALLIC SAMPLES IN THE ABSENCE OF COOLANT},
author = {Dickerman, C. E. and Sowa, E. S. and Okrent, D. and Monaweck, J. and Miller, L. B.},
abstractNote = {Meltdown tests on single metallic unirradiated fuel elements in TREAT are described. The fuel elements (EBRII Mark I fuel pins, EBR-II fuel pins with retractory Nb or Ta cladding, and Fermi-I fuel pins) are tested in an inert atmosphere, with no coolant. The fuel elements are exposed to reactor power bursts of 200 msec to 25 sec duration, under conditions simulating fast reactor operations. For these tests, the type of power burst, the integrated power, the fuel enrichment, the maximum cladding temperature, and the effects of the test on the fuel element are recorded. ( T.F.H.)},
doi = {10.2172/4823898},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4823898}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1961},
month = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1961}
}