Fuel Rod Failure During Film Boiling (PCM-1 Test in the PBF). [PWR].
Title | Fuel Rod Failure During Film Boiling (PCM-1 Test in the PBF). [PWR]. PDF eBook |
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The Power-Cooling-Mismatch (PCM) Test, PCM-1 was conducted in the Power Burst Facility (PFB) in March of 1978. The PCM Test Series is being conducted at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory by EG and G Idaho, Inc., under contract to the USNRC and is designed to characterize the behavior of nuclear fuel rods operating under conditions of high power or low coolant flow or both leading to departure from nucleate boiling. The PCM-1 test was performed to provide in-pile data for a ''worst case'' PCM incident. The objective of this experiment was to study the behavior of a single pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel rod subjected to a high-power and low flow environment which would result in cladding failure at full power. The ''worst case'' conditions established for the experiment consisted of a rod peak power of 78.7 kW/m and a coolant mass flux of 1356 kg/s.m2. Fuel temperatures at the stipulated operating conditions were such that a significant volume of molten fuel was present when failure occurred which produced a high probability of molten fuel-coolant interaction (MFCI) with the possibility of a vapor explosion.
Behavior of Defective PWR Fuel Rods During Power Ramp and Film Boiling Operation
Title | Behavior of Defective PWR Fuel Rods During Power Ramp and Film Boiling Operation PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas W. Croucher |
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Pages | 44 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Nuclear fuel rods |
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Nuclear Fuel Rod Behavior During Normal and Abnormal Operating Conditions-results of Test PR-1
Title | Nuclear Fuel Rod Behavior During Normal and Abnormal Operating Conditions-results of Test PR-1 PDF eBook |
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Pages | 72 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Nuclear fuel claddings |
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Behavior of Defective PWR Fuel Rods During Power Ramp and Film Boiling Operation
Title | Behavior of Defective PWR Fuel Rods During Power Ramp and Film Boiling Operation PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas W. Croucher |
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Pages | 42 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Nuclear fuel rods |
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Energy Research Abstracts
Title | Energy Research Abstracts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1696 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Power resources |
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Fuel Rod Failure as a Consequence of Departure from Nucleate Boiling Or Dryout
Title | Fuel Rod Failure as a Consequence of Departure from Nucleate Boiling Or Dryout PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Van Houten |
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Pages | 48 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Fuel burnup (Nuclear engineering) |
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Title | Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Superintendent of Documents |
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Pages | 1546 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Government publications |
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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index