Fuels & Materials Irradiations
Would you like to know how your material behaves in a nuclear reactor? We predict the lifetime behavior of materials in radioactive environments.
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Fuel Irradiation
Material Irradiation
About Irradiation Services
Safe nuclear energy powered by existing and innovative reactors, how do we make it happen? At NRG PALLAS, we combine specialist expertise with unique nuclear infrastructure in Petten. We translate questions about materials and fuels into tailor-made irradiation projects — from design and fabrication to irradiation in the High Flux Reactor (HFR) and analysis in the Hot Cell Laboratories (HCL).
Our tests provide crucial insights into the behavior of materials and fuels under reactor conditions. This helps extend the lifetime of existing reactors or qualify new applications.
- Manufacture and handling of fuel and materials samples in a safe and isolated environment
- Design and build irradiation facilities 100% in-house
- Irradiation under well controlled and stable conditions
- Monitoring of crucial parameters such as: gas flow, gas composition, temperature, strain, sample dimensions, etc..
Material Irradiation Services
Materials in nuclear reactors are exposed to high levels of radiation. High temperature, corrosive environment and the interaction with radiation changes the behavior of the material. This impacts the service life of the reactor, operational performance and safety
We asses and describe material behavior under accelerated irradiation conditions. Hereby, we take a look into the future and predict their behavior in real use.
Fuel Irradiation Services
The generation of nuclear energy depends on the safety and performance of nuclear fuels in the reactor core.
We determine and measure the behavior of new and existing nuclear fuels under irradiation conditions. Hereby, we support the continuous improvement of nuclear fuels.
Molten Salt Reactor Irradiation Services
Molten Salt Reactor is in theory one strong candidate as sustainable and safer energy source for the future.
With the resurge of interest in Molten Salt Reactor by the global community, NRG acted by setting-up a thorough research program that targets specific needs of this technology. This unique research effort shall help bringing molten salt reactors closer to reality.
Fuel Creep: an introduction
Creep is the deformation of fuel under stress and is an important parameter for nuclear fuel. It helps in reducing stresses on the cladding of fuel in power reactors. NRG has developed a new technique to measure fuel creep at high temperatures with very high accuracy.
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