Irradiation sample fabrications for VHTR; Research and development for advanced high temperature gas-cooled reactor fuels and graphite components (Contract research)

Mozumi, Yasuhiro; Ueta, Shohei   ; Aihara, Jun ; Sawa, Kazuhiro

Fuel for the Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) is required to be used under severer irradiation conditions and higher operational reactor temperatures than those of present high temperature gas cooled reactors. Japan Atomic Energy Agency has developed the advanced silicon carbide (SiC) -coated fuel particles having thicker layer thicknesses, and zirconium carbide (ZrC)-coated particles that are expected to preserve their integrity at higher temperatures and burnup conditions than current conventional coated fuel particles. These particles have been fabricated successfully in order to perform irradiation tests at experimental reactors. This paper is summarized fabrication data of irradiation samples.