Lessons learned from cirft testing on snf vibration integrity study

J. A. Wang, H. Wang, H. Jiang, B. Bevard, R. Howard, J. Scaglione

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Abstract

A cyclic integrated reversible-bending fatigue tester (CIRFT) was developed to support U.S. NRC and DOE Used Fuel Disposition Campaign studies on high burn-up (HBU) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) transportation during normal conditions of transport (NCT). Two devices were developed; the first CIRFT was successfully installed and operated in the ORNL hot-cells in September 2013. Since hot cell testing commenced several HBU SNF samples from both Zr-4 and M5 clads were investigated. The second CIRFT device was developed in February 2014, and has been used to test clad/fuel surrogate rods (stainless steel with alumina pellet inserts). The second CIRFT machine has also been used for sensor development and test sensitivity analyses, as well as loading boundary condition parameter studies. The lessons learned from CIRFT testing will be presented in this paper.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication15th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference 2015, IHLRWM 2015
PublisherAmerican Nuclear Society
Pages515-522
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781510808102
StatePublished - 2015
Event15th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM 2015 - Charleston, United States
Duration: Apr 12 2015Apr 16 2015

Publication series

Name15th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference 2015, IHLRWM 2015

Conference

Conference15th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCharleston
Period04/12/1504/16/15

Funding

FundersFunder number
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionDE-AC05-00OR22725

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