scholarly journals Small power lead fast reactor with metallic fuel

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgij Levanovich Khorasanov ◽  
Dmitry Sergeevich Samokhin ◽  
Aleksandr Sergeevich Zevyakin ◽  
Evgenij Alekseevich Zemskov ◽  
Anatolij Ivanovich Blokhin
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Metallic Fuel ◽  
Small Power

Development, operational experience and implications for future design of fast reactors in Western Europe

1990 ◽  
Vol 331 (1619) ◽  
pp. 367-380
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Small Power ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Future Design ◽  
The Past ◽  
Commercial Size

Over the past 30 years, the partners now collaborating in Europe on fast-reactor development have taken the technology from a theoretical possibility to an engineering reality. In that time there has been a progression from experimental zero energy facilities followed by small power-producing engineering test reactors, to prototype reactors and a large commercial-size reactor. The paper describes the highlights of the reactor programmes in the partner countries and by example illustrates the experience gained from reactor operation and some of the principal activities in the supporting development programme. These include such topics as fuel performance, fast-neutron physics, liquid-metal thermal hydraulics, sodium chemistry, instrumentation and safety aspects. The paper concludes by summarizing some of the main objectives of the current development programme, which is directed to the support of the European Fast Reactor design being prepared by the European design and construction companies.

Phase characteristics of rare earth elements in metallic fuel for a sodium-cooled fast reactor by injection casting

2017 ◽  
Vol 486 ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seoung Woo Kuk ◽  
Ki Hwan Kim ◽  
Jong Hwan Kim ◽  
Hoon Song ◽  
Seok Jin Oh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Elements ◽  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Metallic Fuel ◽  
Injection Casting

scholarly journals Impacts of Burnup-Dependent Swelling of Metallic Fuel on the Performance of a Compact Breed-and-Burn Fast Reactor

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donny Hartanto ◽  
Woong Heo ◽  
Chihyung Kim ◽  
Yonghee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Metallic Fuel ◽  
Breed And Burn

scholarly journals Fabrication of U-10 wt.%Zr Metallic Fuel Rodlets for Irradiation Test in BOR-60 Fast Reactor

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ki-Hwan Kim ◽  
Jong-Hwan Kim ◽  
Seok-Jin Oh ◽  
Jung-Won Lee ◽  
Ho-Jin Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Casting Defects ◽  
Qualification Test ◽  
Fabrication Technology ◽  
Metallic Fuel ◽  
Casting Method ◽  
Casting Technology ◽  
Irradiation Test ◽  
Injection Casting

The fabrication technology for metallic fuel has been developed to produce the driver fuel in a PGSFR in Korea since 2007. In order to evaluate the irradiation integrity and validate the in-reactor of the starting metallic fuel with FMS cladding for the loading of the metallic fuel, U-10 wt.%Zr fuel rodlets were fabricated and evaluated for a verification of the starting driver fuel through an irradiation test in the BOR-60 fast reactor. The injection casting method was applied to U-10 wt.%Zr fuel slugs with a diameter of 5.5 mm. Consequently, fuel slugs per melting batch without casting defects were fabricated through the development of advanced casting technology and evaluation tests. The optimal GTAW welding conditions were also established through a number of experiments. In addition, a qualification test was carried out to prove the weld quality of the end plug welding of the metallic fuel rodlets. The wire wrapping of metallic fuel rodlets was successfully accomplished for the irradiation test. Thus, PGSFR fuel rodlets have been soundly fabricated for the irradiation test in a BOR-60 fast reactor.

A High-Breeding Fast Reactor with Fission Product Gas Purge/Tube-in-Shell Metallic Fuel Assemblies

1991 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Hiraoka ◽  
Kiyoshi Sako ◽  
Hideki Takano ◽  
Takeshi Ishii ◽  
Mitsuru Sato
Keyword(s):  
Fission Product ◽  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Metallic Fuel ◽  
Gas Purge ◽  
Product Gas ◽  
Fuel Assemblies

scholarly journals Preparation of U–Zr–Mn, a Surrogate Alloy for Recycling Fast Reactor Fuel

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Hwan Kim ◽  
Ki-Hwan Kim ◽  
Chan-Bock Lee
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Reactor Fuel ◽  
Metallic Fuel ◽  
Fuel Rods ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Dynamic Vacuum ◽  
Target Composition ◽  
Injection Casting ◽  
Fast Reactor Fuel ◽  
Mn Content

Metallic fuel slugs of U–10Zr–5Mn (wt%), a surrogate alloy for the U–TRU–Zr (TRU: a transuranic element) alloys proposed for sodium-cooled fast reactors, were prepared by injection casting in a laboratory-scale furnace, and their characteristics were evaluated. As-cast U–Zr–Mn fuel rods were generally sound, without cracks or thin sections. Approximately 68% of the original Mn content was lost under dynamic vacuum and the resulting slug was denser than those prepared under Ar pressure. The concentration of volatile Mn was as per the target composition along the entire length of the rods prepared under 400 and 600 Torr. Impurities, namely, oxygen, carbon, silicon, and nitrogen, totaled less than 2,000 ppm, satisfying fuel criteria.

scholarly journals Tensile and Creep Behaviour of Modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel Cladding Tube for Fast Reactor Using Metallic Fuel

2014 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Latha ◽  
M. Nandagopal ◽  
S. Panneer Selvi ◽  
K. Laha ◽  
M.D. Mathew
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Creep Behaviour ◽  
Metallic Fuel

scholarly journals Characterization of metallic fuel for minor actinides transmutation in fast reactor

2017 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Capriotti ◽  
S. Brémier ◽  
K. Inagaki ◽  
P. Pöml ◽  
D. Papaioannou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Minor Actinides ◽  
Metallic Fuel
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