Operational plan for conducting the BTF-105a test in the blowdown test facility of the NRU reactor PDF Download

Author: E. P. Stock
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The btf-105 experiment in the blowdown test facility is one of a series of experiments sponsored by the candu owners group (cog) to determine the release, transport and deposition of fission products from nuclear fuel under high-temperature transient conditions. the btf-105 experiment has been broken up into two tests: btf-105a and btf-105b. the btf-105a test is a precursor to the btf-105b test, which will generate fission product release data used to benchmark candu safety analysis codes. the btf-105a test will be used to assess instrumentation and procedures to be used during btf-105b, and to generate correlations between fuel sheath and fuel centreline temperatures. fission product release and transport data will also be obtained from low burnup fuel. the btf-105a test consists of a fuel stringer containing a single unirradiated instrumented zircaloy-clad uo2 fuel element. the assembly will be irradiated at a linear power of 50 kw/m for 10 days to establish an inventory of fission products in the fuel. following the soak irradiation, the stringer will be subjected to a coolant blowdown where the volume average temperature of the uo2 will rise to and be maintained at about 1600-1800 degrees c for about 10 minutes. the fuel element is predicted to fail during the ramp up to this temperature due to complete oxidation of the sheath. fission products released during the transient will be monitored by gamma spectrometers. following the test, the fuel stringer will be removed from the reactor and destructively examined in the crl hot cells. grab samples from inside the test section will also be removed and analyzed for fission products. this report presents an overall plan for the activities to be completed before, during and after the btf-105a blowdown test.