Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the
1996 International RERTR Meeting
FABRICATION EXPERIENCE, INSPECTION AND IRRADIATION
PROGRAMME FOR 2 LEU SILICIDE ELEMENTS FABRICATED BY
UKAEA (Dounreay, UK) FOR IRRADIATION IN HFR (Petten, NL)
P. Cartwright
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Dounreay, UK
J. Markgraf
Joint Research Centre of the Institute for
Advanced Materials of the European Commission (JRC)
Petten, NL
F.J. Wijtsma
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN)
Petten, NL
ABSTRACT
In this report the project for the production and irradiation of two
LEU fuel elements containing 4.8 g.cm-3U is presented. The test
irradiation will be performed at the High Flux Reactor (Petten, the Netherlands)
and concerns the qualification of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
(Dounreay, UK) as a reliable manufacturer of Material Test Reactor silicide
fuel elements.
Apart from a technical description, safety related aspects, quality control and pre-irradiation characterisation, also the irradiation policy and a summary of the subsequent post-irradiation examination programme are provided.
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UKAEA
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