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Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Description of the major components and performance characteristics of theFuel Cladding Test Facility developed by Ontario Hydro Research Division.This facility willgenerate materials data on the oxidation and deformation behaviour of CANDUreactor Zircaloy-4 fuel cladding for temperatures in the range 673-1173K.Such data are needed in the analysis of some post-shutdown accident scenariosand fuel handling incidents.The test facility consists of: tube furnaces forspecimen heating under closed-loop control; apressurizing circuit for deformation under biaxial conditions; amicroprocessor-based data logger for data acquisition; and an elapsed timeindicator for time to failure monitoring.