Title of article
ManufactureandcharacteristicsofsphericalfuelelementsfortheHTR-10OriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
HongshengZhao، نويسنده , , TongxiangLiang، نويسنده , , JieZhang، نويسنده , , JunHe، نويسنده , , YanwenZou، نويسنده , , ChunheTang، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
5
From page
643
To page
647
Abstract
TheR&Dofsphericalfuelelementsforthe10MWhightemperaturegas-cooledreactor(HTR-10)startedin1986inChina.Aprocessknownascoldquasi-isostaticmoldingwasusedformanufacturingsphericalfuelelements,andabout20,540sphericalfuelelementswereproducedin2000and2001.Fabricationtechnologyandgraphitematrixmaterialswereinvestigatedandoptimized.Coldpropertiesofthesphericalfuelelementsmetthedesignspecifications.Themeanfreeuraniumfractionof44batcheswas4.57×10−5.In-pileirradiationtestresultsshowedthatirradiationdidnotleadtoapparentchangeinlineardimensional,geometricaldensity,porosityandstrengthofmatrixgraphitesamples.Nocracksandblisterswereobservedinsphericalfuelelements.ThisindicatedthatmatrixgraphiteandsphericalfuelelementsofHTR-10mettherequirementofdesignspecifications.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
896024
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