Particle fuel coating development for the advanced gas reactor program

R. A. Lowden, J. C. McLaughlin, J. R. Kelly, C. S. Daw, S. Pannala, C. E. Finney

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Abstract

The US Department of Energy's Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and qualification Program, which is focusing on the re-establishment and improvement of US capability to produce high-quality SiC-based TRISO fuel, is discussed. Coating development is a key element of the AGR fuel effort, since the coatings are the primary barriers to fission product release from the fuel. The AGR program is using the best German coated particles as a reference point from which to learn and then potentially improve the capability. The primary tasks for the coating development work include reproducing the reference product, adjusting process conditions for a smaller 355 mm UCO kernel, and conducting a series of deposition experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGlobal 2003
Subtitle of host publicationAtoms for Prosperity: Updating Eisenhowers Global Vision for Nuclear Energy
Pages525-526
Number of pages2
StatePublished - 2003
EventGlobal 2003: Atoms for Prosperity: Updating Eisenhower's Global Vision for Nuclear Energy - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: Nov 16 2003Nov 20 2003

Publication series

NameGlobal 2003: Atoms for Prosperity: Updating Eisenhowers Global Vision for Nuclear Energy

Conference

ConferenceGlobal 2003: Atoms for Prosperity: Updating Eisenhower's Global Vision for Nuclear Energy
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period11/16/0311/20/03

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