Development of Advanced Fuels in the Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research (EIR). Report on Activities 1981-1983

摘要

The work of the project Fuel Development over the three years 1981-83 is reported. In this period virtually all of the development, demonstration and preparatory work for the fabrication of mixed carbide sphere-pac fuel pins for the FFTF experiment was completed. As well as describing the background to and the progress of the work, selected details are given of some of the results achieved in all areas of activity - fuel fabrication, pin manufacture, quality assurance, pin behaviour and modelling. Names of all principle contributors to each activity are given and in addition to references the complete list of publications over the period is provided. (Atomindex citation 16:064559)