LEONIDAS E-FUTURE : Results of the Destructive Analyses of the U(Mo)-Al(Si) Fuel Plates

Ann Leenaers; Jelle Van Eyken; Sven Van den Berghe; Edgar Koonen; Francois Charollais; Patrick Lemoine; Y Calzavara; Herve Guyon; Christophe Jarousse; Bertrand Stepnik; Daniel Wachs; Adam Robinson

LEONIDAS E-FUTURE : Results of the Destructive Analyses of the U(Mo)-Al(Si) Fuel Plates

Ann Leenaers, Jelle Van Eyken, Sven Van den Berghe, Edgar Koonen, Francois Charollais, Patrick Lemoine, Y Calzavara, Herve Guyon, Christophe Jarousse, Bertrand Stepnik, Daniel Wachs, Adam Robinson

Reactor Control and Experiments

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Abstract

The LEONIDAS program is aimed at the qualification of the U(Mo)-Al(Si) dispersion fuel for the use in high power conditions. The first experiment of the program, called E-FUTURE, was performed to select the Si concentration and fuel plate heat treatment parameters for further qualification. It consisted of the irradiation of 4 distinct (4% and 6% Si, 2 different heat treatments) full size, flat fuel plates in the BR2 reactor (470 W/cm² peak BOL power, ~70% peak burn-up). After the irradiation, the E-FUTURE plates were examined non-destructively and found to have blistered in the high burn-up positions. The destructive post-irradiation examinations (PIEs) of these plates are expected to yield further insight in the cause of this blistering and the underlying mechanisms related to the fuel-matrix interaction. The examinations include scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	RRFM / IGORR 2012 Transactions
Place of Publication	Belgium
State	Published - 19 Mar 2012
Event	2012 - RRFM - 16th ENS Topical Meeting on Research Reactor Fuel Management - ENS, Prague Duration: 18 Mar 2012 → 22 Mar 2012

Conference

Conference	2012 - RRFM - 16th ENS Topical Meeting on Research Reactor Fuel Management
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	2012-03-18 → 2012-03-22

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