Fuel Performance Improvement Program. Quarterly progress report, April-June 1979 [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1979.
- Physical Description:
- Pages: 86 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
- Access Online:
- www.osti.gov
- Summary:
- Two series of test rods are under irradiation in the Halden Boiling Water Reactor (HBWR Series H-1 and Series H-4). Fuel rods for Series H-2 and H-3 have been fabricated and delivered to Halden. Plans for the first series of demonstration fuel assemblies for irradiation in the Big Rock Point Reactor have been modified to substitute two BRPR Series S-2 assemblies containing segmented rods, some with sphere-pac fuel, for Series S-1 assemblies that will be irradiated later. These assemblies are in the current BRPR reload and reactor startup is scheduled for September-October. An effective method for applying graphite coating to the inside surface of cladding tubes has been demonstrated. Rod loading procedures for sphere-pac fuel that assure a uniform axial fuel density have been developed. Special hardware has been designed and tested that assures the spherical fuel can be retained in the fuel column during loading and handling operations. The measured centerline fuel temperature in the pressurized sphere-pac fuel rod (HBWR Series H-4) is lower (approx. 145/sup 0/C) than for the reference pellet fuel rod operating at comparable linear heat ratings.
- Subject(s):
- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
07/01/1979.
"coo-4066-12"
Crouthamel, C.E.
Exxon Nuclear Co., Inc., Richland, WA (USA) - Funding Information:
- EY-76-C-02-4066
EY-76-C-06-1830
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