FABRICATION OF URANIUM-PLUTONIUM MIXED NITRIDE FUEL-PINS FOR IRRADIATION TESTS IN JMTR

Authors
ARAI Y SUZUKI Y IWAI T MAEDA A SASAYAMA T SHIOZAWA K OHMICHI T
Citation
Y. Arai et al., FABRICATION OF URANIUM-PLUTONIUM MIXED NITRIDE FUEL-PINS FOR IRRADIATION TESTS IN JMTR, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 30(8), 1993, pp. 824-830
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223131
Volume
30
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
824 - 830
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3131(1993)30:8<824:FOUMNF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Four He-bonded fuel pins containing uranium-plutonium mixed nitride pe llets were fabricated for the irradiation tests in JMTR, aiming at und erstanding the irradiation behavior and demonstrating the feasibility of mixed nitride as an advanced fuel for FBRs. Mixed nitride pellets w ere prepared by carbothermic reduction of the oxides. One of the fuel pins was fitted with a set of W-Re thermocouples in order to trace the temperature change of pellet center during irradiation. Moreover, fer ritic stainless steel was adopted as a cladding material in one fuel p in besides type 316 austenitic stainless steel. In this report, the de sign and characteristics of mixed nitride fuel pins are described.