INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION

A facility for the out-of-pile heating of nuclear fuel samples to above 2000 $^\circ$С

M. T Zharaspaev^a, D. S. Kim^b, R. E. Zhumagulova<sup>c

a</sup> Kazakh National Technical University named after K. I. Satpaev
^b Institute of Nuclear Physics, National Nuclear Center, Republic of Kazakhstan
^c International Educational Corporation, Almaty

Abstract: International experience in nuclear energy safety issues shows that the in-pile tests of samples of various kinds of fuels (mixed, low-enriched, regenerated, etc.) involve considerable expenditure and present a higher radiation risk than out-of-pile experiments. The paper describes a facility that allows the out-of-pile investigation of nuclear fuels.

Keywords: nuclear fuel, out-of-pile experiments, nuclear safety.

PACS: 28.41.Bm, 52.50.Jm, 88.40.me

Received: August 25, 2011
Revised: October 3, 2011
Accepted: February 7, 2012

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0182.201206d.0645

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2012, 55:6, 603–606

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