FIGRO; LWBR fuel swelling temperature study. [CDC6600; FORTRAN IV]
FIGRO calculates the one-dimensional steady-state temperature distribution and total fuel swelling for metal-clad, axisymmetric, bulk-oxide cylindrical fuel elements. The fuel pellet may be solid, annular, or contain two radial zones. Oxide fuel thermal conductivity is a function of temperature, depletion, and porosity. Fuel swelling is a function of temperature, depletion, internal hydrostatic pressure, and fissioning rate. Fuel-clad gap conductance is a function of gas composition, temperature, and gap thickness at operating conditions. Either the clad surface flux or the temperature at the inside radius of the fuel may be specified as a boundary condition for the heat conduction equation. Thermal expansion of the fuel and cladding is accounted for. Transient temperature calculations can then be performed starting from the steady-state solution with user-specified heat generation and water temperature tables.CDC6600; FORTRAN IV; SCOPE 3.1.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., West Mifflin, PA (USA). Bettis Atomic Power Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 6488709
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/NESC-272R; ON: DE83048272
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Each fuel zone may be subdivided into a maximum of 50 concentric equal-thickness annuli for the calculation of temperature and fuel growth (3302 cards) Sample problem (37 cards) Sample problem output (13 pages) Reference report, WAPD-TM-618, and Addenda
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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