Experience with advanced driver fuels in EBR-II [electronic resource].

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1992.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: 13 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Argonne National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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This paper discusses several metallic fuel element designs which have been tested and used as driver fuel in Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II). The most recent advanced designs have all performed acceptably in EBR-H and can provide reliable performance to high burnups. Fuel elements tested have included use of U-l0Zr metallic fuel with either D9, 316 or HT9 stainless steel cladding; the D9 and 316-clad designs have been used as standard driver fuel. Experimental data indicate that fuel performance characteristics are very similar for the various designs tested. Cladding materials can be selected that optimize performance based on reactor design and operational goals.

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E 1.99:anl/fe/cp--76286
E 1.99: conf-921102--39
conf-921102--39
anl/fe/cp--76286

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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/01/1992.
"anl/fe/cp--76286"
" conf-921102--39"
"DE93004229"
Joint American Nuclear Society/European Nuclear Society (ANS/ENS) international meeting on fifty years of controlled nuclear chain reaction: past, present, and future,Chicago, IL (United States),15-20 Nov 1992.
Crawford, D.C.; Koenig, J.F.; Porter, D.L.; Pahl, R.G.; Lahm, C.E.

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W-31109-ENG-38

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