Title:
SUGGESTED METHOD FOR ESTIMATING RUPTURE RATES
Subject Terms:
Fuel FabricationSLUG ELEMENTSSLUG FAILURE IN REACTOR
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Publication Date:
1957 Apr 15
Declassification Date:
1981 Jul 29
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Accession Number:
RL-1-365487
Document Number(s):
HW-49661
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 14
Description/Abstract:
DESCRIBES A METHOD OF ESTIMATING RUPTURE RATES FOR A GIVEN GROUP OF FUEL ELEMENTS WHERE THE DATA CONSIST OF THE EXPOSURES AT RUPTURE OF THE RUPTURED FUEL ELEMENTS, IN ADDITION TO THE EXPOSURE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE TUBES ALREADY DISCHARGED OR STILL BEING IRRADIATED AT THE TIME THE DATA ARE COLLECTED. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT WITH A NUMBERICAL EXAMPLE.