Fission Gas Release Study Facility by Annealing
| Name of the facility | MERARG |
| Starting year of operation | 2000 |
| Main Severe Accident research fields | FP source term, Fuel relocation |
| Scale of the test facility | one 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) |
| Materials | Irradiated fuel (all non-active materials also) |
| Topics | LWR, MSR, fuel microstructure evolution as function of temperature (in operando visualization) |
| Use of experimental databases | Code Validation Source term evaluations |
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