A facility for the out-of-pile heating of nuclear fuel samples to above 2000 °C

2012

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DOI 10.3367/ufne.0182.201206d.0645
Data confidence 70 medium
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Abstract

International experience in nuclear energy safety issues shows that the in-pile tests of samples of various kinds of fuels (mixed, low-enriched, regenerated, etc.) involve considerable expenditure and present a higher radiation risk than out-of-pile experiments. The paper describes a facility that allows the out-of-pile investigation of nuclear fuels.