Development of a manufacturing process for a simulating fuel for the study of fine fragmentation in LOCA

Mehdi Belqat (1) , Fabrice Rossignol (2) , Tatiana Taurines (3) , Jean Desquines (4)

1 IRSN - Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
2 IRCER-AXE1 - IRCER - Axe 1 : procédés céramiques
3 IRSN/PSN-RES/SEMIA/LEMC - Laboratoire d'étude et de modélisation du combustible
4 IRSN/PSN-RES/SEREX/LE2M - Laboratoire d'Expérimentation en Mécanique et Matériaux

Development of a manufacturing process for a simulating fuel for the study of fine fragmentation in LOCA Mehdi Belqat (IRSN) Fabrice Rossignol (IRCER), Tatiana Taurines (IRSN) , Jean Desquines (IRSN) Context of the study-fuel fragmentation Fuel pellets undergo significant changes during their life in the reactor. Their condition is also potentially degraded during an incident or accident.

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Mehdi Belqat, Fabrice Rossignol, Tatiana Taurines, Jean Desquines. Development of a manufacturing process for a simulating fuel for the study of fine fragmentation in LOCA. 2022 Nuclear Materials Conference (NuMAT 2022), NuMat organizing committee and IAEA, Oct 2022, Ghent, Belgium. ⟨irsn-04023786⟩