SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1994
STP23965S

Mechanical Property Degradation of Fast Reactor Fuel Cladding During Thermal Transients

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Temperature-transient-to-burst tests were performed on irradiated Type 316 stainless steel cladding. Special attention was paid to control the atmosphere for specimen preparation and testing to avoid possible change in the chemical state of the fission products which remained inside the fueled specimens. Under the controlled atmosphere, the burst temperature of the irradiated fueled cladding was not degraded at lower stress level by the ‘fuel adjacency effect (FAE)’. The so-called fuel adjacency effect was suspected to be caused, at least in part, by an atmospheric effect during post-irradiation examination.

The transient burst temperatures of Type 316 stainless steels were fairly insensitive to the material conditions in a controlled testing environment, although the onset of swelling acted to decrease the failure temperature. Results were also presented for irradiated advanced austenitic stainless steel and ferritic/martensitic steel cladding.

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Shibahara, I
O-arai Engineering Center, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Ibaraki, Japan
Omori, T
O-arai Engineering Center, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Ibaraki, Japan
Sato, Y
O-arai Engineering Center, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Ibaraki, Japan
Onose, S
O-arai Engineering Center, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Ibaraki, Japan
Nomura, S
O-arai Engineering Center, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Ibaraki, Japan
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 664–678
DOI: 10.1520/STP23965S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5262-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1488-3