TY - GEN
T1 - Historical review of U.S. Transient fast reactor fuel testing
AU - Carmack, William J.
AU - MacLean, Heather J.
AU - Crawford, Douglas C.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Development of fast spectrum nuclear fuels in the United States has been pursued over the course of approximately 30 years including the EBR-I and FERMI reactors and continuing through the early 1990s culminating with the FFTF and the EBR-II Integral Fast Reactor programs. These programs primarily focused on oxide and metallic fuels and the development process provided sufficient evidence for licensing of the 20%Pu-MOX oxide fuel and the ternary U-Pu-Zr metallic alloy. The development of a transuranic, actinide burning fuel system will require significant development including the investigation and testing of the behavior of candidate fuel systems under transient conditions. This paper will review the historical status of both metallic and oxide fuel transient testing completed under previous U.S. fast reactor fuel development programs.
AB - Development of fast spectrum nuclear fuels in the United States has been pursued over the course of approximately 30 years including the EBR-I and FERMI reactors and continuing through the early 1990s culminating with the FFTF and the EBR-II Integral Fast Reactor programs. These programs primarily focused on oxide and metallic fuels and the development process provided sufficient evidence for licensing of the 20%Pu-MOX oxide fuel and the ternary U-Pu-Zr metallic alloy. The development of a transuranic, actinide burning fuel system will require significant development including the investigation and testing of the behavior of candidate fuel systems under transient conditions. This paper will review the historical status of both metallic and oxide fuel transient testing completed under previous U.S. fast reactor fuel development programs.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/45149083167
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:45149083167
SN - 0894480553
SN - 9780894480553
T3 - GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems
SP - 1698
EP - 1702
BT - GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems
T2 - GLOBAL 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems
Y2 - 9 September 2007 through 13 September 2007
ER -