The PIE Facilities, including the Fuel Monitoring Facility (FMF), the Alpha-Gamma Facility (AGF) and the Material Monitoring Facility (MMF), are located in the vicinity of Joyo. Using the facilities, it is possible to perform various types of PIEs such as the estimation of Fission Product (FP) release behavior, metallographic examination, mechanical properties and microstructural analysis of materials, as well as various tests and inspections of fuels and materials that are irradiated at Joyo.
In addition to common PIEs, it is also possible to manufacture a fuel pin containing minor actinides at AGF, install it into a UNIS, and then irradiate it at Joyo.
Furthermore, in the case of irradiation tests aiming at high neutron fluence, it is possible to perform successive irradiation by reinstalling a material sample that has undergone interim inspection into an irradiation rig. |
