Open AccessVolume 1. Base technology FSAR support document: prefailure transient behavior and failure threshold. Status report, January 1975
Author(s) -
R.E. Baars,
G.E. Culley,
Randy Davis,
R. G. Henderson,
James H. Scott
Publication year - 1975
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4131292
Subject(s) - cladding (metalworking) , transient (computer programming) , nuclear engineering , forensic engineering , engineering , computer science , materials science , operating system , composite material
A comprehensive compilation of the current (January 1975) state-of-the- art understanding of fuel pin response to reactivity insertion events up to and including failure threshold is presented. All mixed oxide fuel, transient overpower tests conducted to date are described and the data collected therein are presented. Current understanding of fuel pin cladding failure mechanisms is discussed, and interpretations of fuel pin cladding failure thresholds are presented as revealed by individual tests and by the several tests collectively. Plans for future tests are discussed. (auth