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Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow
At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
M. Peehs, P. Rau
Nuclear Technology | Volume 30 | Number 1 | July 1976 | Pages 33-46
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A31621
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The technological development concerning the 12-rod irradiation test element for the gas-cooled fast breeder reactor irradiation at the BR-2 reactor at Mol, Belgium concentrated on the element head, the sealing problems at the venting manifold, the flow guidance tube, the surface roughening technologies for the cladding, and the rod-spacer interaction. Assembly of a dummy element has shown that the fuel element technology developed can be handled with adequate reliability. For the electrically heated calibration element, a spacer with insulated pads was developed and manufactured full scale. Calibration of the element manufactured is completed.