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Development of Out-of-Pile Version of Instrumented Irradiation Capsule for Determination of Online Creep Deformation

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Materials used for fuel cladding and structural components in fast reactors can undergo significant dimensional and physical changes due to exposure to high energy neutrons. At high temperatures in nuclear environment, material undergoes considerable deformation due to thermal and irradiation creep. Diametral increase of fuel pin due to thermal and irradiation creep, apart from irradiation swelling, reduces the coolant flow area around the fuel pins affecting the effective removal of heat generated in the fuel pins. The changes due to creep can be determined by two types of material irradiation tests in reactor. The first type includes non-instrumented irradiation tests with specimen dimensional evaluations carried out in post-irradiation examinations. The second type includes instrumented irradiation tests with online monitoring and/or controlling of test conditions and real time measurement of changes in dimensions of the specimen. During instrumented irradiation tests, parameters such as specimen temperature, the load exerted on the specimen, specimen elongation, etc. can be monitored and/or controlled using suitable components such as linear variable differential transformers, bellows, thermocouples, etc. Instrumented irradiation experiments in reactors are relatively complex in design but can provide full information on the experimental parameters. Such benefits provide motivation for development of instrumented irradiation capsule to measure creep behavior online during in-pile instrumented irradiation tests. Out-of-pile version of the instrumented irradiation capsule for determination of online creep deformation has been developed and tested in the furnace by raising the temperature gradually up to 330 °C. This paper discusses the details of the design, assembly of experimental set up and experimental results of the out-of-pile version of instrumented capsule developed in our laboratory for determination of online creep deformation.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Mr. R. Ramesh, IDEAS, Metallurgy and Materials Group, IGCAR during the development and fabrication of out-of-pile version of instrumented capsule.

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  1. Metallurgy and Materials Group (MMG), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, 603 102, India

    Sadu Venkatesu, Rajesh Saxena, P. K. Chaurasia, M. Muthuganesh, S. Murugan & S. Venugopal

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Venkatesu, S., Saxena, R., Chaurasia, P.K. et al. Development of Out-of-Pile Version of Instrumented Irradiation Capsule for Determination of Online Creep Deformation. Trans Indian Inst Met 69, 283–287 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-015-0808-1

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