Email this article Results of Investigations of BREST-Type Reactor Fuel Rods with Mixed Uranium-Plutonium Nitride Fuel, Irradiated in BOR-60 and BN-600
- Authors: Grachev A.F.1, Zherebtsov A.A.1, Zabud’ko L.M.1, Zvir E.A.2, Kryukov F.N.2, Nikitin O.N.2, Skupov M.V.3, Ivanov Y.A.3, Porollo S.I.4
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Affiliations:
- Innovation-Technology Center for Project Breakthrough (ITTsP Proryv)
- State Science Center – Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (GNTs NIIAR)
- Bochvar High-Technology Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
- State Science Center of the Russian Federation – Leipunskii Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE)
- Issue: Vol 125, No 5 (2019)
- Pages: 314-321
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/1063-4258/article/view/249132
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-019-00487-4
- ID: 249132
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Abstract
The complex program of computational and experimental validation of dense fuel for fast reactors in Project Breakthrough provides for testing of fuel rods with mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel in the BOR-60 and BN-600 reactors. The irradiation parameters and post-reactor studies of the fuel rods of a BREST reactor are presented. Testing of fuel rods in BOR-60 to maximum burnup 5% h.a. and damaging dose 74.8 dpa and in BN-600 to maximum burnup 4.5% h.a. and damaging dose 53 dpa did not result in depressurization of the rods. The results of post-reactor tests of irradiated fuel rods – swelling of fuel, gas release from the fuel, mechanical and corrosion properties of the cladding – are presented.
About the authors
A. F. Grachev
Innovation-Technology Center for Project Breakthrough (ITTsP Proryv)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
A. A. Zherebtsov
Innovation-Technology Center for Project Breakthrough (ITTsP Proryv)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
L. M. Zabud’ko
Innovation-Technology Center for Project Breakthrough (ITTsP Proryv)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
E. A. Zvir
State Science Center – Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (GNTs NIIAR)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dimitrovgrad
F. N. Kryukov
State Science Center – Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (GNTs NIIAR)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dimitrovgrad
O. N. Nikitin
State Science Center – Research Institute for Atomic Reactors (GNTs NIIAR)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Dimitrovgrad
M. V. Skupov
Bochvar High-Technology Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
Yu. A. Ivanov
Bochvar High-Technology Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
S. I. Porollo
State Science Center of the Russian Federation – Leipunskii Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE)
Email: j-atomicenergy@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Obninsk
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