A machine vision-based defect detection system for nuclear-fuel rod groove
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DOI: 10.1007/s10845-021-01746-7
Abstract: The processing quality of the grooves of a nuclear-fuel rod will directly affect the quality of the finished nuclear-fuel rod. Due to the highly reflective, microscopic, and annular characteristics of nuclear-fuel rod grooves, it has… read more here.
Keywords: nuclear fuel; system; detection; fuel rod ... See more keywords
A theoretical model for the vibration of fuel rod with multi spans supported by springs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.05.011
Abstract: Abstract The prediction of fuel rod vibration is of importance in the designing of reactor core. A precise simulation of the vibration amplitude of fuel rods is necessary. It is disappointed that the mode shape… read more here.
Keywords: vibration; fuel; rod; multi spans ... See more keywords
The potentiality of thermal safety and economy of the U3Si2-SiC system in PWR
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107303
Abstract: Abstract The U3Si2-SiC system is one of the most promising accident tolerant fuel/clad systems. In this paper, the potentiality of thermal safety and economy of the U3Si2-SiC system was further exploited based on the constant… read more here.
Keywords: fuel; fuel rod; thermal safety; safety economy ... See more keywords
Parametric Evaluation of SiC/SiC Composite Cladding with UO2 Fuel for LWR Applications: Fuel Rod Interactions and Impact of Nonuniform Power Profile in Fuel Rod
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.10.059
Abstract: Abstract SiC/SiC composites are candidates for accident tolerant fuel cladding in light water reactors. In the extreme nuclear reactor environment, SiC-based fuel cladding will be exposed to neutron damage, significant heat flux, and a corrosive… read more here.
Keywords: fuel; fuel rod; profile fuel; power profile ... See more keywords
Parametric study on the structural response of a high burnup spent nuclear fuel rod under drop impact considering post-irradiated fuel conditions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2019.10.022
Abstract: Abstract A parametric study of several parameters relevant to design safety on the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) rod response under a drop accident is presented. In the view of the complexity of interactions between the… read more here.
Keywords: response; drop; fuel; rod ... See more keywords
Development of fuel rod failure character analysis code for pressurized water reactors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110515
Abstract: Abstract The analysis of fuel rod failure character is the key to a real-time detection system for fuel rod failure in a pressurized water reactor (PWR). We introduce an analysis code for fuel rod failure… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; fuel; fuel rod; rod failure ... See more keywords
Investigation of the CRUD Layer in Failed PWR Fuel Using an EPMA
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DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2020.1845057
Abstract: Abstract This study characterizes a failed discharged fuel rod with 53 000 MWd/tonne U from a nuclear power plant in Korea. Chalk River Unidentified Deposits (CRUD) and the oxide layer were observed using an electron… read more here.
Keywords: crud; layer; fuel; fuel rod ... See more keywords
Rod Internal Pressure Distribution and Uncertainty Analysis Using FRAPCON
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DOI: 10.13182/nt16-75
Abstract: The discharge rod internal pressure (RIP) and cladding hoop stress (CHS) distributions are quantified for Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 1 (WBN1) fuel rods by modeling core cycle design data, operation data, and as-built fuel enrichments… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; fuel; rod; chs ... See more keywords
Numerical Investigation of Special Heat Transfer Phenomenon in Wire-Wrapped Fuel Rod of SFR
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DOI: 10.3390/mi13060935
Abstract: Sodium-cooled reactors (SFR) have always been recognized as one of the most promising candidates for the fourth-generation nuclear systems as announced by the Generation-IV International Forum. In the design of SFR, helical wire-wrapped rod is… read more here.
Keywords: heat transfer; phenomenon; fuel rod; heat ... See more keywords
STRESS-STRAIN STATE AND WEAR MODELLING FOR FUEL ROD – GRID CONTACT
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DOI: 10.46813/2023-144-008
Abstract: The paper presents an approach for effective solution of the stress-strain state and wear prediction problem for the case of contact between fuel rod and grid surfaces of a nuclear reactor. Boundary-initial value elastic-plastic problem… read more here.
Keywords: problem; rod grid; contact; fuel ... See more keywords