Investigation of irradiation behavior of SiC-coated fuel particle at extended burnup

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 250-259

  Sawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Tobita, Tsutomu ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coated fuel particle; Failure mechanism; High temperature gas cooled reactor

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; FISSION REACTIONS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; IRRADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON CARBIDE;

NUCLEAR FUEL SAFETY;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 0038172589     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT03-A3387     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. S. SAITO et al., "Design of High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR)," JAERI-1332, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Sep. 1994).
2. K. BONGARTZ, "Status of the Fuel Stress and Failure Rate Calculations at KFA," Jul-1686, Research Center Juelich (1980).
3. G. H. LOHNERT, H. NABIELEK, and W. SCHENK, "The Fuel Element of the HTR-Module, a Prerequisite of an Inherently Safe Reactor," Nucl. Eng. Des., 109, 257 (1988).
4. O. M. STANSFIELD, W. A. SIMON, and A. M. BAXTER, "Fuel Performance Models for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Core Design," GA-A 16982, GA Technologies (1983).
5. D. T. GOODIN, "MHTGR Fuel Performance and Supporting Data Base," GA-A 19877, General Atomics (1989).
6. K. SAWA, T. TOBITA, H. MOGI, S. SHIOZAWA, S. YOSHIMUTA, S. SUZUKI, and K. DEUSHI, "Fabrication of the First-Loading Fuel of the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor," J. Nucl. Sci. Technol., 36, 683 (1999).
7. K. SAWA, S. SHIOZAWA, K. MINATO, and K. FUKUDA, "Development of a Coated Fuel Particle Failure Model Under High Burnup Irradiation," J. Nucl. Sci. Technol., 33, 712 (1996).
8. K. MINATO, K. KIKUCHI, K. SAWA, T. TOBITA, and K. FUKUDA, "Preliminary Characterization of HTGR Fuel for HRB-22 Capsule Irradiation Test," JAERI-Tech 95-056, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Jan. 1996).
9. K. MINATO, K. SAWA, K. FUKUDA, C. A. BALDWIN, W. A. GABBARD, O. F. KIMBALL, C. M. MALONE, F. C. MONTGOMERY, B. F. MYERS, and N. H. PACKEN, "HRB-22 Capsule Irradiation Test for HTGR Fuel," JAERI-Research 98-021, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Mar. 1998).
10. K. SAWA and K. MINATO, "An Investigation of Irradiation Performance of High Burnup HTGR Fuel," J. Nucl. Sci. Technol., 36, 781 (1999).
11. K. MINATO, H. KIKUCHI, K. FUKUDA, N. SUZUKI, H. TOMIMOTO, N. KITAMURA, and M. KANEKO, "Internal Flaws in the Silicon Carbide Coating of Fuel Particles for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors," Nucl. Technol., 106, 342 (1994).
12. K. MINATO, H. KIKUCHI, T. TOBITA, and K. FUKUDA, "Improvements in Quality of As-Manufactured Fuels for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors," J. Nucl. Sci. Technol., 34, 325 (1997).
13. M. J. KANIA and K. FUKUDA, "Experimental Test Plan: USDOE/JAERI Collaborative Program for the Coated Particle Fuel Performance Test," ORNL/TM-11346, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1989).
14. K. SAWA, T. TOBITA, S. SUZUKI, H. MOGI, S. YOSHIMUTA, and S. KATO, "Fabrication Experience and Prediction of the First-Loading-Fuel of the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor," Proc. Int. Conf. Future Nuclear Systems (GLOBAL-99), Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 29-September 3, 1999, American Nuclear Society (1999) (CD-ROM).
15. C. A. FRISKNEY and M. V. SPEIGHT, "A Calculation on the In-Pile Diffusional Release of Fission Products Forming a General Decay Chain," J. Nucl. Mater., 62, 89 (1976).
16. K. FUKUDA et al., "Research and Development of HTGR Fuel," JAERI-M 89-007, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Jan. 1989) (in Japanese).
17. B. F. MYERS, Private Communication (1993)
18. H. KROHN and R. FINKEN, "FRESCO-II, Ein Rechen-programme zur Berechnung der Spaltproduktfreisetzung aus Kugelformigen HTR-Brehnelementen in Bestrahlug und Ausheizaxperimenten," Jul-Spez-212, Kernforschungsanlage Juelich (1983).
19. K. VERFONDERN et al., "Fuel Performance and Fission Product Behaviour in Gas-Cooled Reactor," IAEA-TECDOC-978, International Atomic Energy Agency (1997).