Method for obtaining samples for measuring the distribution of nuclear fuel and its fission products in HTR fuel particles

1989 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-213
Author(s):  
A. N. Gludkov ◽  
V. A. Kashparov ◽  
V. M. Kolobashkin ◽  
A. A. Kotlyarov ◽  
A. D. Kurepin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Fission Products ◽  
Fuel Particles

Irradiation behavior of pyrolytic silicon carbide

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 72-73
Author(s):  
R. J. Lauf
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Carbide ◽  
Fission Products ◽  
Thermodynamics And Kinetics ◽  
Neutron Fluences ◽  
Fuel Particles ◽  
Sic Coatings ◽  
Irradiation Behavior ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Htgr Fuel

Fuel particles for the High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) contain a layer of pyrolytic silicon carbide to act as a miniature pressure vessel and primary fission product barrier. Optimization of the SiC with respect to fuel performance involves four areas of study: (a) characterization of as-deposited SiC coatings; (b) thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions between SiC and fission products; (c) irradiation behavior of SiC in the absence of fission products; and (d) combined effects of irradiation and fission products. This paper reports the behavior of SiC deposited on inert microspheres and irradiated to fast neutron fluences typical of HTGR fuel at end-of-life.

Rod Bow Ultrasonic Measurements Possibilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Kopeć ◽  
Martina Malá
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Nuclear Reactors ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Fuel Rods ◽  
Fuel Rod ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Assembly ◽  
Fuel Assemblies ◽  
Ultrasonic Measurements ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fuel Particles

The ultrasonic (UT) measurements have a long history of utilization in the industry, also in the nuclear field. As the UT transducers are developing with the technology in their accuracy and radiation resistance, they could serve as a reliable tool for measurements of small but sensitive changes for the nuclear fuel assembly (FA) internals as the fuel rods are. The fuel rod bow is a phenomenon that may bring advanced problems as neglected or overseen. The quantification of this issue state and its probable progress may help to prevent the safety-related problems of nuclear reactors to occur—the excessive rod bow could, in the worst scenario, result in cladding disruption and then the release of actinides or even fuel particles to the coolant medium. Research Centre Rez has developed a tool, which could serve as a complementary system for standard postirradiation inspection programs for nuclear fuel assemblies. The system works in a contactless mode and reveals a 0.1 mm precision of measurements in both parallel (toward the probe) and perpendicular (sideways against the probe) directions.

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