Organisation Description
The TRIGA Research Reactor at ICN Romania provides technical support for irradiation testing of nuclear fuel intended for CANDU-type nuclear power plants, as well as for testing and qualification of structural materials used in CANDU reactors. The Reactor Department offers unique domestic facilities for irradiation testing, including:
TRIGA SSR 14MW – A steady-state LWR-type research reactor with a maximum power of 14 MW and a maximum thermal flux of 2.6 × 10¹⁴ n/cm²·s. It features rectangular irradiation channels (up to 500 × 85 × 85 mm) and reflector channels (Ø 32 mm) with a thermal neutron flux of up to 8 × 10¹³ n/cm²·s. This reactor is mainly used for long- and medium-duration irradiations of nuclear fuel, structural materials, and isotope production.
TRIGA ACPR – An annular core pulsed reactor with a maximum pulse power of 20,000 MW and FWHM ~ 4 ms. It has a dry central channel (Ø 228 × 381 mm) and is primarily used to obtain experimental data on cladding failure mechanisms and thresholds during power pulse conditions, as well as to study the thermal and mechanical behavior of nuclear fuel under fast transient conditions.
Potential Type of Collaboration
Sharing of technical expertise; participation in working groups; access to data or facilities; training programmes or knowledge transfer activities.
Areas of Collaboration
Irradiation testing of nuclear fuel and structural materials; fuel safety studies; transient behavior analysis of nuclear fuel; isotope production.
Additional Information
For more information, please consult the official website: https://nuclear.ro/
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