FIGRO (addendum): a CDC-6600 computer program for the analysis of fuel swelling and calculation of temperature in bulk-oxide cylindrical fuel elements (LWBR Development Program)

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1967

OSTI ID:6720626

Waldman, L A; Lynn, L L; Goldberg, I

The FIGRO computer program calculates internal temperatures and fuel volume swelling in bulk oxide cylindrical fuel elements. The addition of a model of interfacial heat transfer, which includes conduction through a physical gap whose size is determined by fuel and clad differential thermal expansion and by fuel swelling is presented. In addition, the thermal conductivity of the clad is computed as a function of temperature, and that of the fuel clad gap as a function of temperature and gas composition. The new version is in production on the CDC-6600 computer. (NSA 22: 16324)

• Research Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Lab., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(11-1)-GEN-14
• OSTI ID: 6720626
• Report Number(s): WAPD-TM-618(Add.1)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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