Failure analysis of carbide fuels under transient overpower (TOP) conditions. [LMFBR]
Conference
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OSTI ID:5046331
The failure of carbide fuels in the Fast Test Reactor (FTR) under Transient Overpower (TOP) conditions has been examined. The Beginning-of-Cycle Four (BOC-4) all-oxide base case, at $.50/sec ramp rate was selected as the reference case. A coupling between the advanced fuel performance code UNCLE-T and HCDA Code MELT-IIIA was necessary for the analysis. UNCLE-T was used to determine cladding failure and fuel preconditioning which served as initial conditions for MELT-III calculations. MELT-IIIA determined the time of molten fuel ejection from fuel pin.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC14-76FF02170
- OSTI ID:
- 5046331
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-SA-2006-FP; CONF-800607-88
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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