Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the
1998 International RERTR Meeting
IRRADIATION EXPERIENCE OF IPEN FUEL AT IEA-R1 RESEARCH REACTOR
*José A. Perrotta, *Adolfo M. Neto, **Michelangelo Durazzo, **José
A.B. de Souza,
*** Roberto Frajndlich
Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/CNEN-SP)
*Divisão de Engenharia do Núcleo
**Departamento do Ciclo do Combustível
***Divisão de Operação do Reator IEA-R1m
Travessa "R" no 400 - Cidade Universitária - CEP
05508-900
São Paulo - São Paulo - Brasil
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ABSTRACT
IPEN/CNEN-SP produces, for its IEA-R1 Research Reactor, MTR fuel assemblies based on U3O8-Al dispersion fuel type. Since 1985 a qualification program on these fuel assemblies has been performed. Average 235U burnup of 30 % and peak burnup of 50% was already achieved by these fuel assemblies. This paper presents some results acquire, by these fuel assemblies, under irradiation at IEA-R1 Research Reactor.
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