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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
Gerard L. Hofman, George L. Copeland, John E. Sanecki
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 3 | March 1986 | Pages 338-344
Technical Paper | Radiation Protection and Health Physics Practices and Experience in Operating Reactors Internationally / Nuclear Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33772
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The recent emphasis on profileration-resistant fuels for research and test reactors has resulted in additional investigations of well-established fuels, such as U3O8-Al dispersions, to determine their behavior at the higher fuel densities required for the lower uranium enrichment. Microstructural investigation of these irradiated fuels with modern techniques has provided insight into the fission gas behavior and its relationship to the U3O8-Al interaction during irradiation. These observations explain the observed limitations on fuel loading and safe levels of fission density achievable with these fuels.
