NEA-1774 IFPE/FMDP-MOX4-5.
IFPE/FMDP-MOX4-5, Weapons-Derived MOX Fuel DOE FMDP Test Irradiations Capsules 4 & 5, Advanced Test Reactor (ATR)
NAME OR DESIGNATION, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION, STATUS, REFERENCES, LANGUAGE, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES
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| Program name | Package id | Status | Status date |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFPE/FMDP-MOX4-5 | NEA-1774/01 | Arrived | 29-JAN-2007 |
Machines used:
| Package ID | Orig. computer | Test computer |
|---|---|---|
| NEA-1774/01 | Many Computers |
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3. DESCRIPTION
Mixed oxide (MOX) test capsules prepared with weapons-derived plutonium have been irradiated to a burnup of 50 GWd/MT. The MOX fuel was fabricated at Los Alamos National Laboratory by a master-mix process and has been irradiated in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Previous withdrawals of the same fuel have occurred at 9, 21, 30, and 40 GWd/MT. Oak Ridge National Laboratory manages this test series for the Department of Energy's Fissile Materials Disposition Program (FMDP). Description is given of the preparation of the MOX fuel, the equipment design, and the irradiation history of the test capsules, and the significance of the more important observations of the post-irradiation examinations (PIEs) is discussed. Code predictions (Frapcon-3 and TRANSURANUS) are presented and compared with available PIE data for the highest and lowest powered MOX capsules. Fuel performance has been excellent and consistent with code predictions and with existing U.S.and European experience.
Pin 7 was irradiated in Capsule 4 and pin 8 was irradiated in capsule 5.
These data are restricted to the benchmark participants.
Mixed oxide (MOX) test capsules prepared with weapons-derived plutonium have been irradiated to a burnup of 50 GWd/MT. The MOX fuel was fabricated at Los Alamos National Laboratory by a master-mix process and has been irradiated in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Previous withdrawals of the same fuel have occurred at 9, 21, 30, and 40 GWd/MT. Oak Ridge National Laboratory manages this test series for the Department of Energy's Fissile Materials Disposition Program (FMDP). Description is given of the preparation of the MOX fuel, the equipment design, and the irradiation history of the test capsules, and the significance of the more important observations of the post-irradiation examinations (PIEs) is discussed. Code predictions (Frapcon-3 and TRANSURANUS) are presented and compared with available PIE data for the highest and lowest powered MOX capsules. Fuel performance has been excellent and consistent with code predictions and with existing U.S.and European experience.
Pin 7 was irradiated in Capsule 4 and pin 8 was irradiated in capsule 5.
These data are restricted to the benchmark participants.
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NEA-1774/01, included references:
- L. J. Ott:Irradiation Tests of Mixed-Oxide Fuel Prepared with Weapons-Derived Plutonium
- L. J. Ott:
Weapons-Derived MOX Fuel Benchmark Based on the DOE FMDP Test Irradiations for
Capsules 4 and 5 (PROPOSAL) (30 January 2007)
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NEA-1774/01
3A.9.Ott_Paper.pdf Pdf file summarizing the experimentFMDP_Benchmark_PROPOSAL_final Summary of the experiment
Pre-characterization.doc File summarizing details of fuel, cladding and fuel
pins
PIE.doc File summarizing the data measured during PIE
CAP4-AV.HIS & CAP5-AV.HIS Single zone irradiation histories for pins 7 and 8
irradiated in capsules 4 and 5 respectively
CAP4-Z.HIS & CAP5-Z.HIS As above but as 16 zone irradiation histories
FPMA_FP7.DAT Data file giving diameter values along pin 7
FPMA_FP8.DAT Data file giving diameter values along pin 8
QA report for compiling dataset
Readme file
WMOX.FOR Fortran program to convert the single zone histories into the common
format employed in the IFPE Database
Keywords: MOX, fissile materials disposition program, fuel performance, post-irradiation examination.