Note: Application of CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors for quality assurance of mixed oxide fuel pellets

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 056103 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kodaira ◽  
M. Kurano ◽  
T. Hosogane ◽  
F. Ishikawa ◽  
T. Kageyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Mixed Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Mixed Oxide Fuel ◽  
Nuclear Track Detectors ◽  
Fuel Pellets ◽  
Plastic Nuclear Track Detectors

The Misuse of Spreadsheets in the Nuclear Fuel Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
Simon Thorne
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Mixed Oxide ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Nuclear Reactors ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Safe Operation ◽  
Mixed Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Rod ◽  
Fuel Pellets ◽  
Fuel Industry

This paper considers the management, technological and human factor issues that led to the BNFL fuel rod spreadsheet data falsification incident in 1999. BNFL discovered in 1999 that some data supporting quality assurance and safety processes had been falsified by BNFL workers using spreadsheets. The implication of this finding was that some of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Pellets shipped to customers in Japan for use in nuclear reactors were of an unknown mass and quality. This meant that the use of the MOX pellets fuel produced by BNFL would introduce uncontrolled factors into the safe operation of nuclear reactors. This paper will examine the production of MOX pellets at the Sellafield site, the falsification of data and the report commissioned by HM Nuclear Inspectorate. The paper will then identify a number of managerial and technological failings that led BNFL to use spreadsheets for recording such data. Finally the paper analyses other cases of spreadsheet fraud and explores some strategies for reducing the likelihood and impact of spreadsheet errors and fraud.

Creep of Mixed-Oxide Fuel Pellets at High Stress

1973 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 330-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. ROUTBORT ◽  
J. C. VOGLEWEDE
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Oxide ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Mixed Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Pellets

Compressive creep of mixed-oxide fuel pellets

1972 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.L Routbort ◽  
N.A Javed ◽  
J.C Voglewede
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Compressive Creep ◽  
Mixed Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Pellets

ChemInform Abstract: CREEP OF MIXED-OXIDE FUEL PELLETS AT HIGH STRESS

1973 ◽  
Vol 4 (35) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
J. L. ROUTBORT ◽  
J. C. VOGLEWEDE
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Oxide ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Mixed Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Pellets
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