Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 2002 International RERTR Meeting
DESCRIPTION OF THE PIE FACILITY
FOR RESEARCH REACTORS IRRADIATED FUELS IN CNEA
A. Bisca, R. Coronel, V. Homberger, A. Quinteros,
M. Ratner
CNEA, Argentina
ABSTRACT
The PIE
Facility (LAPEP), located at the Ezeiza Atomic Center (CAE), was designed to
carry out destructive and non-destructive post-irradiation examinations (PIE)
on research and power reactor spent fuels, reactor internals and other
irradiated materials, and to perform studies related with:
Station lifetime extension
Fuel performance
Development of new fuels
Failures and determination of their causes
LAPEP is a
relevant facility where research and development can be carried out. It is
worth mentioning that in this facility the PIE corresponding to the
Surveillance Program for the Atucha I Nuclear Power Plant (CNA-1) were
successfully performed. Materials testing during the CNA-1 repair and the study
of failures in fuel element plugs of the Embalse Nuclear Power Plant (CNE) were
also performed.