Multi-Dimensional Simulation of LWR Fuel Behavior in the BISON Fuel Performance Code
Abstract
Nuclear fuel operates in an extreme environment that induces complex multiphysics phenomena occurring over distances ranging from inter-atomic spacing to meters, and times scales ranging from microseconds to years. To simulate this behavior requires a wide variety of material models that are often complex and nonlinear. The recently developed BISON code represents a powerful fuel performance simulation tool based on its material and physical behavior capabilities, finite-element versatility of spatial representation, and use of parallel computing. The code can operate in full three dimensional (3D) mode, as well as in reduced two dimensional (2D) modes, e.g., axisymmetric radial-axial (R-Z) or plane radial-circumferential (R-θ), to suit the application and to allow treatment of global and local effects. A BISON case study was used in this paper to illustrate analysis of Pellet Clad Mechanical Interaction failures from manufacturing defects using combined 2D and 3D analyses. The analysis involved commercial fuel rods and demonstrated successful computation of metrics of interest to fuel failures, including cladding peak hoop stress and strain energy density. Finally, in comparison with a failure threshold derived from power ramp tests, results corroborate industry analyses of the root cause of the pellet-clad interaction failures and illustrate the importance of modelingmore »
- Authors:
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[1];
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- ANATECH, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Development. Nuclear Reactor Technologies
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1378340
- Report Number(s):
- INL/JOU-16-39006
Journal ID: ISSN 1047-4838; PII: 2115
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- JOM. Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 68; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1047-4838
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; BISON; MPS; PCMI
Citation Formats
Williamson, R. L., Capps, N. A., Liu, W., Rashid, Y. R., and Wirth, B. D. Multi-Dimensional Simulation of LWR Fuel Behavior in the BISON Fuel Performance Code. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1007/s11837-016-2115-7.
Williamson, R. L., Capps, N. A., Liu, W., Rashid, Y. R., & Wirth, B. D. Multi-Dimensional Simulation of LWR Fuel Behavior in the BISON Fuel Performance Code. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-016-2115-7
Williamson, R. L., Capps, N. A., Liu, W., Rashid, Y. R., and Wirth, B. D. Tue .
"Multi-Dimensional Simulation of LWR Fuel Behavior in the BISON Fuel Performance Code". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-016-2115-7. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1378340.
@article{osti_1378340,
title = {Multi-Dimensional Simulation of LWR Fuel Behavior in the BISON Fuel Performance Code},
author = {Williamson, R. L. and Capps, N. A. and Liu, W. and Rashid, Y. R. and Wirth, B. D.},
abstractNote = {Nuclear fuel operates in an extreme environment that induces complex multiphysics phenomena occurring over distances ranging from inter-atomic spacing to meters, and times scales ranging from microseconds to years. To simulate this behavior requires a wide variety of material models that are often complex and nonlinear. The recently developed BISON code represents a powerful fuel performance simulation tool based on its material and physical behavior capabilities, finite-element versatility of spatial representation, and use of parallel computing. The code can operate in full three dimensional (3D) mode, as well as in reduced two dimensional (2D) modes, e.g., axisymmetric radial-axial (R-Z) or plane radial-circumferential (R-θ), to suit the application and to allow treatment of global and local effects. A BISON case study was used in this paper to illustrate analysis of Pellet Clad Mechanical Interaction failures from manufacturing defects using combined 2D and 3D analyses. The analysis involved commercial fuel rods and demonstrated successful computation of metrics of interest to fuel failures, including cladding peak hoop stress and strain energy density. Finally, in comparison with a failure threshold derived from power ramp tests, results corroborate industry analyses of the root cause of the pellet-clad interaction failures and illustrate the importance of modeling 3D local effects around fuel pellet defects, which can produce complex effects including cold spots in the cladding, stress concentrations, and hot spots in the fuel that can lead to enhanced cladding degradation such as hydriding, oxidation, CRUD formation, and stress corrosion cracking.},
doi = {10.1007/s11837-016-2115-7},
journal = {JOM. Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society},
number = 11,
volume = 68,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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