Fuel Irradiation
- One-stop shop for nuclear fuel irradiation projects
- Fuel testing and qualification for license applications
- New and existing concepts
How does nuclear fuel behave in various irradiation conditions? We irradiate your fuel to increase the knowledge of its behavior, or to qualify new nuclear fuels.
About Fuel Irradiations
Fuel is the core of the nuclear reactor. It is important to understand the behavior of uranium, plutonium or thorium fuels for safe operation. We determine and measure the behavior of new and existing nuclear fuels under irradiation conditions. Hereby, we support the continuous improvement of nuclear fuels.
New types of reactors require different kind of fuels. We have a long history in testing and qualifying new fuel types. One of these types is the High Temperature Reactors which uses fuel pebbles.
Typical activities that we carry out in our daily work are:
- Manufacture and handling of fuel and materials samples in a safe and isolated environment
- Design and build irradiation facilities 100% in-house,
- Irradiation under stable neutron flux and spectrum
- Development of sensors for in-situ monitoring of crucial parameters such as: gas flow, gas composition, temperature, strain, sample dimensions.
- After irradiation: examination, characterization and mechanical testing of samples
- Treatment and storage of nuclear waste
Fuel Creep
Creep is the deformation of fuel under stress and is an important parameter for nuclear fuel. It helps in reducing stresses on the cladding of fuel in power reactors. NRG has developed a new technique to measure fuel creep at high temperatures with very high accuracy.
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High Temperature Reactor Fuel Irradiation
Creep is the deformation of fuel under stress and is an important parameter for nuclear fuel. It helps in reducing stresses on the cladding of fuel in power reactors. NRG has developed a new technique to measure fuel creep at high temperatures with very high accuracy.
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Zircaloy
Creep is the deformation of fuel under stress and is an important parameter for nuclear fuel. It helps in reducing stresses on the cladding of fuel in power reactors. NRG has developed a new technique to measure fuel creep at high temperatures with very high accuracy.
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Team Irradiations
Team irradiations provides irradiations, measurement setups and characterizations every day. Would you like to know more about our options?
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