MERARG

Fission Gas Release Study Facility by Annealing

Name of the facilityMERARG
Starting year of operation 2000
Main Severe Accident research fieldsFP source term, Fuel relocation
Scale of the test facilityone pellet
Design parameters P=1.5
T: from room temperature to fuel melting (T<2400-2600°C)
Atm: Ar, Ar-H2(2%), Air (T<1500°C)
MaterialsIrradiated fuel (all non-active materials also)
TopicsLWR, MSR,
fuel microstructure evolution as function of temperature (in
operando visualization)
Use of experimental databasesCode Validation
Source term evaluations
References

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