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Zirflex Dissolution of the Annular Cladding of Simulated Power Fuel Elements (open access)

Zirflex Dissolution of the Annular Cladding of Simulated Power Fuel Elements

The current interest in a tube-in-tube type Zircaloy-2 clad UO2 fuel element for use in the power reactors provided the incentive for a study of the dissolution of cladding from an annular space. The objectives of the study were to compare the estimated rate of dissolution in the annuli with rates on fully exposed metal. Because of an interest from the design standpoint, heat balance data from the study are reported.
Date: December 9, 1959
Creator: Smith, P. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library