PFR/TREAT programme: objectives, progress and future work

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6488019

Cowking, C B; Alter, H; Hewison, R; Borys, S S; Wood, M H; Culley, G E; Woods, W J; Klickman, A E

The PFR/TREAT collaborative program of fast-reactor fuel testing is described and the objectives are illustrated in terms of the parameters selected for the irradiation of US and UK full-length fuel pins in PFR, followed by safety testing in TREAT. The measurements being made before, during, and after testing are outlined and the equipment and facilities being used in the UK and USA are described. An outline is given of the progress made and results obtained since the beginning of the collaboration in November 1979, together with future schedules for irradiation and testing. More-detailed results from the first two tests are given in a companion paper.

• Research Organization: UKAEA Risley Nuclear Power Development Establishment; USDOE, Washington, DC; UKAEA Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment; Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); UKAEA Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell; Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA); UKAEA Atomic Energy Establishment, Winfrith
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6488019
• Report Number(s): CONF-820704-38; ON: DE83008466
• Resource Relation: Conference: International topical meeting on LMFBR safety, Lyon, France, 18 Jul 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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