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Download or read book Failure Experience in Refractory Alloy clad Fuel Pins Applicable to Space Nuclear Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous in-reactor tests were conducted in the 1960's and early 1970's to develop fuel elements for space nuclear reactors. Most of the tests emphasized refractory metal-clad UN, UC, and UO2. Previous reviews were provided by Weaver and Scott and by Gluyas and Watson. More recently, these data were reviewed for supporting information concerning the technical feasibility issues as they relate to the current reactor designs. This paper will focus on the fuel pin failure experience to obtain insight into design options which will lead to a fuel system with the greatest potential for success.

Download or read book Performance Testing of Refractory Alloy clad Fuel Elements for Space Reactors written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two fast reactor irradiation tests, SP-1 and SP-2, provide a unique and self-consistent data set with which to evaluate the technical feasibility of potential fuel systems for the SP-100 space reactor. Fuel pins fabricated with leading cladding candidates (Nb-1Zr, PWC-11, and Mo-13Re) and fuel forms (UN and UO2) are operated at temperatures typical of those expected in the SP-100 design. The first US fast reactor irradiated, refractory alloy clad fuel pins, from the SP-1 test, reached 1 at. % burnup in EBR-II in March 1985. At that time selected pins were discharged for interim examination. These examinations confirmed the excellent performance of the Nb-1Zr clad uranium oxide and uranium nitride fuel elements, which are the baseline fuel systems for two SP-100 reactor concepts.

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