在高通量反应堆中辐照的快堆级MOX燃料（U0.6,Pu0.4）O2的首次辐照后检验

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Journal of Nuclear Materials Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2025.155707

S. van Til , A.V. Fedorov , F. Nindiyasari , F. Charpin-Jacobs , G. Uitslag , F. Pasti , E. D'Agata , N. Chauvin

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摘要

为了探索快堆应用中钚燃烧条件下燃料的运行行为和材料性能演变，在TRABANT-2实验中，在HFR Petten中辐照了几种增加了Pu含量（40% HM）的（U,Pu）O2 MOX燃料销。2号燃料引脚（简称引脚2/2）是在CAPRA项目[1]中设计和生产的，包含环形（U,Pu）O2 MOX颗粒，Pu含量为40% (HM)，通过传统粉末冶金制造，装入奥氏体钢包层管（15-15Ti）。在高通量反应堆中，以450-480W /cm的线性热速率（LHR）和不超过600°C的包层温度进行辐照。在三个照射周期（74天）后，在中子射线照相中观察到球团中心孔的强迁移率，表明意外的高中心温度，因此停止辐照。利用靠近引脚的中子通量探测器进行辐照后中子电子学分析，证实最大LHR为447 W/cm。在LHR超过407 W/cm的燃料销区域，观察到中心孔的不对称生长和重新定位。使用HFR和样品架中的仪器重建了温度历史，并在欧洲H2020项目PuMMA[2]的NRG热电池实验室对该燃料销进行了辐照后检查（PIE）。本文介绍了辐照历史的重建，一套无损检测（NDE）的结果和裂变气体释放分析。对观测到的不对称现象给出了基本的现象学解释，并通过二维热-力学模型初步证实了这一点。

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First Post Irradiation Examinations on a fast reactor grade MOX fuel (U0.6,Pu0.4)O2 for Pu-burning application, irradiated in the High Flux Reactor

To explore fuel operational behaviour and material property evolution under Pu-burning conditions for fast reactor application, several (U,Pu)O₂ MOX fuel pins with increased Pu contents (40 %HM) were irradiated in the HFR Petten in the TRABANT-2 experiment. Fuel pin number 2 (pin 2/2 in short) was designed and produced in the CAPRA programme [1], containing annular (U,Pu)O₂ MOX pellets with a Pu content of 40 % (HM), that were fabricated via classic powder metallurgy, loaded into an austenitic steel cladding tube (15–15Ti). The pin was assembled and immersed in a sodium-filled experimental capsule and irradiated in the High Flux Reactor at a linear heat rate (LHR) of 450–480W/cm and with cladding temperatures not exceeding 600 °C. The irradiation was stopped after three irradiation cycles (74 days) after strong mobility of the central hole was observed in the pellets in neutron radiographs, indicating unexpected high central temperatures.

The post-irradiation neutronics analysis, using neutron fluence detectors located close to the pin confirms a maximum LHR of 447 W/cm. Asymmetric central hole growth and relocation was observed in fuel pin regions exceeding LHR of 407 W/cm.

The temperature history was reconstructed, using instrumentation in the HFR and the sample holder and Post Irradiation Examinations (PIE) on this fuel pin are carried out NRG's Hot Cell Laboratories within the European H2020 project PuMMA [2].

This paper presents a reconstruction of the irradiation history, results of a set of non-destructive examinations (NDE) and fission gas release analysis. The underlying phenomenological explanation on the observed asymmetries is presented and preliminary confirmed by a 2D thermal-mechanical model.

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Journal of Nuclear Materials 工程技术-材料科学：综合

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