Published November 2005 | Version v1
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A model for calculation of fission gas release from restructuring observed in fuel

  • 1. Post Irradiation Examination Div., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)

Description

A method has been developed for estimating the fuel temperature and fission gas release fraction in a PHWR fuel pin using the fuel restructuring observed in the cross section of the irradiated fuel. This method has been applied to estimate the maximum fuel center temperature experienced by the fuel during irradiation and fission gas release in the fuel pins of a PHWR fuel bundle irradiated to a high burn-up. The radial profile of retained fission gas in the pellet has been calculated and compared with the fission product distribution observed in beta gamma auto-radiograph of the fuel. Calculated fission gas release and retained gas radial profile show good match with experimental observations. (author)

Part of:
Sixteenth annual conference of Indian Nuclear Society: science behind nuclear technology

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Indian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Sixteenth annual conference of Indian Nuclear Society: science behind nuclear technology
Imprint Pagination
[1063 p.]
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]

Conference

Title
16. annual conference of Indian Nuclear Society
Acronym
INSAC-2005
Dates
15-18 Nov 2005
Place
Mumbai (India)

Optional Information

Notes
2 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab.