Core-to-specimen energy coupling results of the first modern fueled experiments in TREAT

被引：18

作者：

Woolstenhulme, Nicolas ^{[1
]}

Fleming, Austin ^{[1
]}

Holschuh, Tommy ^{[1
]}

Jensen, Colby ^{[1
]}

Kamerman, David ^{[1
]}

Wachs, Dan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Idaho Natl Lab, 2525 N Fremont Ave,POB 1625,MS 3855, Idaho Falls, ID 83415 USA

来源：

ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY | 2020年 / 140卷

关键词：

Nuclear fuel safety research; Irradiation testing; In-pile instrumentation; Irradiation environment; Transient testing; IRRADIATION; PERFORMANCE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.anucene.2019.107117

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

A series of experiments was recently conducted in the Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility following a decades-long operational hiatus. A series of physics tests were then performed emphasizing relevant transients for Light Water Reactor (LWR) fuels research. A series of fueled experiments were then conducted using LWR-type sub-length specimens in inert gas capsules with the primary objective to quantify the ratio of nuclear heat deposited in the core to that deposited in the specimens. This type of data can be difficult to measure but is highly important in the design and interpretation of transient tests. Five fueled capsules were irradiated and energy coupling factors (which express the ratio of nuclear heat deposited per mass in the test specimen to that deposited in the reactor core in units of J/gUO(2)MJ(TREAT)) were observed ranging from 2.0 to 2.2 over a wide range of transient energies with good agreement between measurement methods. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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