LWR core materials performance program: progress in 1979-1980
Goals of the program are to increase plant availability by determining the response of core component materials, by developing a comprehensive fuel performance data base, and by developing accurate models and computer codes. Currently, there are twenty-two active projects that range in scope from test reactor experiments of advanced fuel types to large-scale testing of prototypic fuel assemblies. During 1979 and 1980, several projects produced significant results concerning: (1) power reactor fuel performance, particularly fission gas release, fuel swelling, clad oxidation, fuel rod growth, and fuel rod bow, (2) test reactor fuel performance of new fuel types, particularly fission gas release and fuel-cladding mechanical interaction, and (3) fuel rod reliability modeling.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA). Systems and Materials Dept.
- OSTI ID:
- 6634787
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-NP-1770-SR; TRN: 81-007280
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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