[en] The objective of the work is to obtain experimental data on time history of thermal-physical behaviour of standard FA fuel pin under BOR-60 operation. The contact-free technique is used which is based on processing of the results of special dynamic experiments ''power variation - temperature response'' with fast registration of sodium temperature by means of a thermal probe mounted over cell D-23 of the BOR-60 reactor. The method in use makes it possible to evaluate integral thermal physical characteristics of fuel rods in any power changes, for example, under planned bringing to power and also from results of passive registration of natural noise of power and temperature. Subsequent reprocessing of registration results by using specialized technique provides information about integral thermal-physical characteristics of the fuel rod on different operation stages. Tracing of standard vibropac MOX FA characteristics according to this method during 6000 hours shows that the integral thermal resistance of the fuel rods decreases by a factor of 1.5-2. It is explained by fuel densification when sintering, which causes fuel restructuration and thermal conductivity increase. (author)
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International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section, Vienna (Austria); [1 CD-ROM]; ISBN 978-920-186510-6; 
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