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2004 International RERTR Meeting

MTR FUEL PLATE QUALIFICATION IN OSIRIS REACTOR

P. SACRISTAN, P. BOULCOURT, S. NAURY, L. MARCHAND, H. CARCREFF
J. NOIROT, D. GALLO-LEPAGE
CEA, France


ABSTRACT
 

Qualification of new MTR fuel needs the irradiation in research reactors under representative neutronic, heat flux and thermohydraulic conditions. The experiments are performed in France in the OSIRIS reactor by irradiating MTR full size fuel plates in the IRIS device located in the reactor core. The fuel plates are easily removed from the device during the shutdown of the reactor for performing thickness measurements along the plates by means of a swelling measurement device. Beside the calculation capabilities, the experimental platform includes : the ISIS neutron mock-up for the measurement of neutron flux distribution along the plates, . the γ spectrometry for the purpose of measuring the activities of the radionucleides representative of the power and the burnup and to compare with the neutronic calculation. Owing to the experience feedback, a good agreement is observed between calculation and measurement, destructive post irradiation examinations performed in the LECA facility (Cadarache). New irradiations with the IRIS device and at higher heat flux are under preparation for qualification of MTR fuels.


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