Open AccessRERTR-12 Insertion 2 Irradiation Summary Report
Author(s) -
D. M. Perez,
G. S. Chang,
D. M. Wachs,
G. A. Roth,
Nicolas Woolstenhulme
Publication year - 2012
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1076542
Subject(s) - irradiation , nuclear engineering , materials science , molybdenum , radiochemistry , thermal hydraulics , uranium , chemistry , engineering , nuclear physics , physics , metallurgy , thermodynamics , heat transfer
The Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactor (RERTR) experiment RERTR-12 was designed to provide comprehensive information on the performance of uranium-molybdenum (U-Mo) based monolithic fuels for research reactor applications.1 RERTR-12 insertion 2 includes the capsules irradiated during the last three irradiation cycles. These capsules include Z, Y1, Y2 and Y3 type capsules. The following report summarizes the life of the RERTR-12 insertion 2 experiment through end of irradiation, including as-run neutronic analysis results, thermal analysis results and hydraulic testing results