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NEA-1623 IFPE/SPC-RE-GINNA.
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NEA-1623 IFPE/SPC-RE-GINNA.

IFPE/SPC-RE-GINNA, Full Length and Segmented Fuel Rodlet Irradiation in PWR

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1. NAME OF EXPERIMENT

IFPE/SPC-RE-GINNA

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name Package id Status Status date
IFPE/SPC-RE-GINNA NEA-1623/01 Arrived 21-MAR-2000

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
NEA-1623/01 Many Computers
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3. DESCRIPTION

The objective of this program was to develop a fuel design with increased margin to pellet-to-clad interaction (PCI) failure threshold and increased potential for higher burnup. The means by which this objective was to be attained was with annular pellets and zirconium barrier cladding. The annular pellets used have a void volume of approximately 10% higher than comparable solid pellets. Barrier cladding consists of Zircaloy-4 tubes with an integral inner layer of unalloyed zirconium comprising approximately 10% of the total wall thickness. The overall cladding dimensions are the same as the standard cladding. The zirconium barrier cladding is a relatively new design developed to provide resistance to Pd, and improve the capability of reaching a higher burnup while the fuel is subjected to variations in local linear heat generation rates resulting from control rod movements, overall core power maneuvering, and fuel assembly shuffling.

 

Four Siemens Power Corporation (SPC) 14x14 lead fuel assemblies (XT01, XT02, XT03 and XT04) were inserted into the R.E. Ginna reactor. The program included design and fabrication of the assemblies, irradiation in the R.E. Ginna PWR reactor, poolside examination and measurements, and post irradiation hotcell examination of selected segmented fuel rodlets in the CEA Laboratories in Grenoble, France. The aim of the program was to demonstrate and evaluate the in-reactor performance of the assemblies at high burnup, and the potential of annular pellets and zirconium barrier cladding for resisting fuel failures due to pellet-clad-interaction (PCI).

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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
NEA-1623/01 21-MAR-2000 Masterfiled restricted
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10. REFERENCES
NEA-1623/01, included references:
- Siemens Power Corporation, Nuclear Division): DACOM, File Structure for Fuel
Rod Data used in Fuel Rod Modeling EMF-1209 Revision 1 (January 1993)
- A.S. Giurgiuman and T.E. Wickersham: Annular-Pellet Barrier-Clad Fuel R.E.
Ginna Reactor Lead Fuel Assemblies Poolside Examination, Final Report ESEERCO
project EP 80-17 (November 1994)
- Preirradiation Characterization of Ginna/Eseerco Lead Fuel Assemblies
containing Barrier Cladding and Annular Pellets XN-NF-85-79(P) Revision 1 (June
1986)
- G.A. Sofer and L.F.P. van Swam: Annular-Pellet Barrier-Clad Fuel Assemblies
at the R.E. Ginna PWR: Hotcell Examinations EP 80-17 Final Report Volume 1
(April 1997)
- G.A. Sofer and L.F.P. van Swam: Annular-Pellet Barrier-Clad Fuel Assemblies
at the R.E. Ginna PWR: Hotcell Examinations EP 80-17 Final Report Volume 2
(June 1997)
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
No specified programming language
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15. AUTHORS

Siemens Power Corporation

Eng.& Manufacturing Facility

2101 Horn Rapids Road

P.O.Box 130

RICHLAND, WA 99352-0130

USA

 

Compilation: J.A. Turnbull

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
NEA-1623/01
ROD*.HIS         Irradiation histories
RODLT-*.HIS      Irradiation histories of rodlet
PIE.DAT          PIE Data
POOL.DAT         Poolside examination data
PRE-CHA.DAT      Pre-characterization data
QA report for SPC irradiations
README.TXT       Readme file
SPC-SUM.TXT      Description of the irradiation and results
Documentation in electronic form
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17. CATEGORIES
  • Y. Integral Experiments Data, Databases, Benchmarks

Keywords: annular fuel, experimental data, fuel pellets, fuel rods, irradiation, pressurized water reactor.