Separate-Effects Tests for Studying Temperature-Gradient-Driven Cracking in UO2 Pellets

Autor: Benjamin Spencer, Theodore M. Besmann, Sobhan Patnaik, Travis W. Knight, Elwyn Roberts
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nuclear Science and Engineering. 195:1307-1326
ISSN: 1943-748X
0029-5639
DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2021.1932223
Popis: A variety of normal operation and accident scenarios can generate thermal stresses large enough to cause cracking in ceramic fuel pellets. Cracking in fuel pellets can lead to reduced heat removal,...
Databáze: OpenAIRE