Publication Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
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Conference Name
Workshop on Advanced Reactors with Innovative Fuels (ARWIF-2008)
Conference Location
Tsurguga/Fukui, Japan
Conference Sponsor
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and the OECD/NEA
Conference Date
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Abstract
A new test capability for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is being developed that will allow testing of advanced nuclear fuels and cladding materials under prototypic light-water reactor (LWR) operating conditions in less time than it takes in other research reactors. This paper will describe the HFIR testing capabilities, the new advanced fuel/cladding testing facilities, and the initial cooperative irradiation experiments currently planned to start in late 2008.