FLUX AND TEMPERATURE PEAKING EFFECTS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF SEAMED FUEL TUBES IN CP-5 | Zendy

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FLUX AND TEMPERATURE PEAKING EFFECTS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF SEAMED FUEL TUBES IN CP-5

Author(s) -

D.P. Moon

Publication year - 1961

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/4014811

Subject(s) - flux (metallurgy) , diffusion , materials science , mechanics , power (physics) , flow (mathematics) , heat flux , nuclear engineering , environmental science , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , heat transfer , metallurgy , engineering

The flux pesking facter resulting from the use of a seamed fuel thimble in CP-5 was determined experimentally and by diffusion theory calculations. A comparison of the two methods indicates that an underestimation of the magnitude and sharpness of the flux peak is obtained from the diffusion calculations. Based on this comparison, a conservative calculation of the peaking effect which would result from the use of seamed fuel tubes in CP-5 indicates a maximum local power-peaking factor of 1.10 and a maximum fuel surface temperature 3 deg C above that obtained with extruded tubes for the same total reactor power and the same flow conditions. (auth

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