Feasibility of Zircaloy as a fuel clad and structural material in an LAFR-LWR [electronic resource].
Published
Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1979. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
A preliminary analysis of the radiation environment in a Linear Accelerator Fuel Regenerator (LAFR) has been made. The response of Zircaloy to this environment in combination with that in a Light Water Reactor (LWR) has been projected. It is concluded that the response to irradiation of Zircaloy in a combined LAFR-LWR cycle will lead to a more deleterious change of properties than for an equivalent LWR exposure.