Failed fuel monitoring and surveillance techniques for liquid metal cooled fast reactors

Lambert, J.D.B.; Mikaili, R.; Gross, Kenneth C.; Strain, R.V.; Aoyama, Takafumi; Ukai, Shigeharu; Nomura, Shigeo; Nakae, Nobuo

doi:10.2172/71382

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“…The time of failure can be correlated to any number of combinations of design parameters, material conditions, and operating conditions such as temperature, neutron¯ux, number of shutdowns and startups, etc. A technique was developed where unique combinations of xenon isotopes would be included in the gas plenum of the fuel pins prior to irradiation [18]. When the cladding failed, the gas in the fuel pin would quickly ®nd its way to the reactor gas plenum where this gas was continuously monitored with a mass spectrometer.…”

Section: Ebr-ii's Role In the Development Of Fast Reactor Fuelsmentioning

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Thirty years of fuels and materials information from EBR-II

Walters

1999

Journal of Nuclear Materials

100

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The Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) was a 62.5 MWt±20 MWe sodium cooled fast reactor that was operated successfully for 30 years. Over its period of operation a wealth of fuels and materials information originated from EBR-II. Several missions were conducted in EBR-II, all of which yielded new and valuable additions to the world's knowledge base for nuclear materials. Some of the ®rst pioneering experiments on irradiation eects in stainless steels were conducted in EBR-II. Later, practical manifestations of enhanced irradiation creep, swelling, and loss of ductility were experienced on EBR-II components. In addition, for a period of more than 15 years, the EBR-II reactor would become the primary irradiation facility for all fast reactor fuels and materials research and development. Both the initial mission and ®nal mission for EBR-II (the Integral Fast Reactor Concept, IFR), involved the remote reprocessing and irradiation of fast reactor metallic fuels. The fuels and materials information gleaned from these missions will be summarized with the intent of portraying a sample of the valuable legacy that EBR-II contributed to the world's store of nuclear fuels and materials knowledge.

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Section: Ebr-ii's Role In the Development Of Fast Reactor Fuelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thirty years of fuels and materials information from EBR-II

Walters

1999

Journal of Nuclear Materials

100

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“…and updated to the end of EBR-I1 operations in 1994 by Lambert et al (1995). Briefly, the core of EBR-11 contained 20-30 experimental assemblies every reactor cycle, each having its own unique tag; some assemblies contained batches of replacement elements with different tags.…”

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