Open AccessHIGH BURN-UP TESTS OF U-Al FUEL ELEMENTS
Author(s) -
J.R. Weeks,
S. B. McRickard,
D.H. Gurinsky
Publication year - 1964
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4075898
Subject(s) - burnup , nuclear engineering , flux (metallurgy) , irradiation , materials science , radiochemistry , nuclear physics , environmental science , engineering , chemistry , physics , metallurgy
A series of irradiation tests were performed on the High Flux Beam Reactor fuel elements. The U--Al fuel elements contained 30 to 40 wt% U and 3% Si. Burnup ranged from 20 to 50%. A summary of the results is given. (C.E.S.
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