HTGR fuel rod deconsolidation

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Report , Other literature type 01 Dec 1978 United States Publisher:Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)

Authors: Tiegs, T. N.; Ryan, E. L.; Kania, M. J.;

doi: 10.2172/6413853

HTGR fuel rod deconsolidation

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Abstract

High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor fuel particles are bonded into rods by a carbonaceous matrix. In conjunction with the development of a system to determine fuel failure fractions from gamma analysis of individual particles, a technique was developed to separate the particles from the matrix after irradiation. Electrolytic deconsolidation at low power levels (2 A, 4 V) was found to yield undamaged individual particles.

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United States

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University of North Texas System
United States

Keywords

Decomposition, Coated Fuel Particles, Chemical Reactions, Nonbreeding, 21 Specific Nuclear Reactors And Associated Plants, Fuel Particles, Fuel Rods, Gas Cooled Reactors, Reactors 210300* -- Power Reactors, Graphite Moderated Reactors, Graphite Moderated, Fuel Elements, Htgr Type Reactors, Reactor Components

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