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Conference Article: Performance of He-bonded LMFBR carbide fuels at the beginning of life and consequences for their subsequent behaviour
Blank, H.; Campana, M.; Coquerelle, M.; Richter, K. (Commission of the European Communities, Karlsruhe (Germany, F.R.). European Inst. for Transuranium Elements)Abstract
The specifications of He-bonded carbide and nitride pellet fuels under current fuel cycle considerations have been discussed several times during recent years. First irradiation experiments with such fuels have been performed in order to study their performance at the beginning of life. The results of the low burn-up experiments CARRO and CARLO (carbide fuels) will be presented. Based on the experience at low burn-up the performance of this fuel type later in life will be discussed. Calculations with a simple empirical model for the swelling of MX-type fuels will be used to support the discussion.
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key words: fuel pellets; fuel pins; lmfbr type reactors; microstructure; mixed carbide fuels; performance testing; plutonium carbides; post-irradiation examination; swelling; uranium carbides
- Reference:
- Technical committee meeting on advanced fuel for fast breeder reactors: Fabrication and properties and their optimization. Vienna (Austria). 3-5 Nov 1987
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
- IAEA-TECDOC--466, pp:68-76
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)