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Post Irradiation Examination for Advanced Materials at Burnups Exceeding the Current Limit

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John Strumpell

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/836565

Subject(s) - burnup , cladding (metalworking) , irradiation , nuclear engineering , rod , environmental science , materials science , radiochemistry , waste management , engineering , nuclear physics , physics , chemistry , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology

Permitting fuel to be irradiated to higher burnups limits can reduce the amount of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) requiring storage and/or disposal and enable plants to operate with longer more economical cycle lengths and/or at higher power levels. Therefore, Framatome ANP (FANP) and the B&W Owner's Group (BWOG) have introduced a new fuel rod design with an advanced M5 cladding material and have irradiated several test fuel rods through four cycles. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined FANP and the BWOG in supporting this project during its final phase of collecting and evaluating high burnup data through post irradiation examination (PIE)

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