Hot Fuel Examination Facility

​​​​​POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION

The Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF) is a multi-program hot cell facility. There are two adjacent shielded hot cells (the main cell and decontamination cell), a shielded metallography box, an unshielded hot repair area, and a waste-characterization area. HFEF provides shielding and containment for remote examination, processing, and handling of highly radioactive and TRU-bearing materials in its argon-atmosphere hot cells, unshielded labs, support areas and special equipment for handling, examining, and testing of highly radioactive materials.

Basic Capabilities:

• Nondestructive and destructive post-irradiation examination of irradiated samples in two large, heavily shielded hot cells

• Machining and disassembly of fuel and material experiments

• Neutron radiography/neutron tomography

• Visual examination and dimensional examination

• Gamma scanning/gamma tomography

• Fission-gas-release measurement

• Sample preparation for metallography, chemical and isotopic analysis, and optical microscopy

• Mechanical testing of irradiated fuels and materials

• Bench-scale electrochemical separations research

• Handling and loading facilities capable of receiving large shipping casks and fuel pins up to 13 feet long

• Furnaces for simulating accident conditions at temperatures up to 2,000°C for extended periods of time

Instruments:​ ​

Title    Acronym    ShortDescription    Facility    Link    250 kW TRIGA Neutron Radiography Reactor    NRAD Hot Fuel Examination Facility https://mfctemp.inl.gov/SitePages/Hot%20Fuel%20Examination%20Facility/250%20kW%20TRIGA%20Neutron%20Radiography%20Reactor.aspx Precision gross and isotopic gamma scanning    PGS Hot Fuel Examination Facility https://mfctemp.inl.gov/SitePages/Hot%20Fuel%20Examination%20Facility/Precision%20gross%20and%20isotopic%20gamma%20scanning.aspx Fission gas measurement and analysis    GASR Hot Fuel Examination Facility GASR Fuel accident condition simulator furnace    FACS Hot Fuel Examination Facility https://mfctemp.inl.gov/SitePages/Hot%20Fuel%20Examination%20Facility/Fuel%20accident%20condition%20simulator%20furnace.aspx Instron remote load frame    Hot Fuel Examination Facility https://mfctemp.inl.gov/SitePages/Hot%20Fuel%20Examination%20Facility/Instron%20Remote%20Load%20Frame.aspx

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