Fuel Rod Behavior During Tests PCM 8-1 RS, CHF Scoping, and PCM 8-1 RF (open access)

Fuel Rod Behavior During Tests PCM 8-1 RS, CHF Scoping, and PCM 8-1 RF

This report presents the results of the first three power-cooling-mismatch tests - Tests 8-1 RS CHF Scoping, and 8-1 RF - performed in the PCM Test Series.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; McCardell, Richard K.; Sparks, Daniel T. & MacDonald, Philip E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix A. Pretest Fuel Rod Characteristics (open access)

Appendix A. Pretest Fuel Rod Characteristics

Report providing tabulated data for pretest measurements preformed to characterize three of the four Power-Cooling-Mismatch (PCM-4) fuel rods, Rods UTA-0014, UTA-0015, and UTA-0016.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix B. Insturmentation Transducer Calibration and Data Acquisition System Uncertaintites (open access)

Appendix B. Insturmentation Transducer Calibration and Data Acquisition System Uncertaintites

Report providing estimates of instrument calibration and data system acquisition errors as well as the equation for estimating 95% confidence levels for transducers and the surveillance system for the Power-Cooling-Mismatch (Test PCM-4).
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix C. Fuel Rod Power Calibration (open access)

Appendix C. Fuel Rod Power Calibration

Report presenting the results of power calibration measurements and radiochemical analysis used to analyze and interpret Power-Cooling-Mismatch (Test PCM-4) data.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix D. Data Plots (open access)

Appendix D. Data Plots

Report presenting data plots for selected parameters measured during Test PCM-4 of the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix E. Comparison of Calculated and Measured Fuel Rod Behavior (open access)

Appendix E. Comparison of Calculated and Measured Fuel Rod Behavior

"A comparison of the calculated and measured fuel rod behavior (cladding elongation, fuel centerline temperature, and fuel rod internal pressure) determined during the steady state power calibration, onset of departure from nucleate boiling (DNB), and post-DNB testing is presented in this appendix" (p. 184).
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Appendix F. Cladding Surface Temperature Estimates (Test PCM-4)] (open access)

[Appendix F. Cladding Surface Temperature Estimates (Test PCM-4)]

"A summary of the methods used to establish fuel rod cladding temperatures associated with the axial region of film boiling for Test PCM-4 and the results of the calculations are presented in this appendix." (p. 219)
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Rod Behavior During Test PCM-4 (open access)

Fuel Rod Behavior During Test PCM-4

This report presents and discusses the results from Test PCM-4 of the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Appendix B - Data Plots and Tabulations [Contd.]

Dataset including tabulations and plots for each active transducer used in nuclear containment tests 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B performed for a study of personal airlock door seals.
Date: February 1989
Creator: Julien, J. T. & Peters, S. W.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leak and Structural Test of Personnel Airlock for LWR Containments Subjected to Pressures and Temperatures Beyond Design Limits (open access)

Leak and Structural Test of Personnel Airlock for LWR Containments Subjected to Pressures and Temperatures Beyond Design Limits

A report discussing a leak and structural test of a personal airlock, for LWR contaminants, subjected to pressures and temperatures beyond the design limits.
Date: May 1989
Creator: Julien, J. T. & Peters, S. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of trench subsidence and stabilization at Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal facility : Sheffield, Illinois, final report, October 15, 1980-March 30, 1981 (open access)

Evaluation of trench subsidence and stabilization at Sheffield low-level radioactive waste disposal facility : Sheffield, Illinois, final report, October 15, 1980-March 30, 1981

"This report presents the results of the evaluation of trench subsidence and possible future stabilization techniques at the Sheffield Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, Sheffield, Illinois."
Date: May 1981
Creator: Kahle, R. & Rowlands, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bouguer Gravity Anomaly Map

Bouguer gravity anomaly map derived from the data set and accompanying the report to document the data sources and the procedures used in the reduction of the data.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Keller, G. Randy; Russell, D. R.; Hinze, William J.; Reed, J. E. & Geraci, Philip J.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bouguer Gravity Anomaly Map of the East-Central Midcontinent of the United States: New Madrid Seismotectonic Study Group (open access)

Bouguer Gravity Anomaly Map of the East-Central Midcontinent of the United States: New Madrid Seismotectonic Study Group

The purposes of this report are to document the data sources and the procedures used in the reduction of the data and to present a Bouguer gravity anomaly map derived from the data set.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Keller, G. Randy; Russell, D. R.; Hinze, William J.; Reed, J. E. & Geraci, Philip J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Appendix A. Pretest Fuel Rod Component and Instrumentation Characterization (PCM-5)] (open access)

[Appendix A. Pretest Fuel Rod Component and Instrumentation Characterization (PCM-5)]

Appendix to report "Test PCM-5 Fuel Rod Materials Behavior" presenting pretest physical characteristics of the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5 fuel rod components.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix B. Fuel Rod Axial Power Profiles (open access)

Appendix B. Fuel Rod Axial Power Profiles

Report presenting details of Test-PCM-5 fuel rod axial power profiles as determined by two methods: gamma scanning of the fuel bundle flux wires and radiochemical burnup analysis of fuel samples from Rods 205-1, -2, -3, -5, -7, -8, and -9. (p. B-2)
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Appendix C. Postest Bundle and Individual Fuel Rod Overall Photographs

Appendix presenting postest bundle and individual fuel rod photographs for report "Test PCM-5 Fuel Rod Materials Behavior."
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix D. Postest Rod-to-Rod Spacing Measurements And Individual Rod Diameter Measurements (open access)

Appendix D. Postest Rod-to-Rod Spacing Measurements And Individual Rod Diameter Measurements

Report presenting rod-to-rod spacing measurements and individual rod diameter measurements for fuel rods used in the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix E. Fuel Rod Sectioning and Metallographic Examinations (open access)

Appendix E. Fuel Rod Sectioning and Metallographic Examinations

Report presenting preparation of the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5 fuel rods and fuel rod sections for metallographic examination and the metallographic examination results from Rods 205-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, and -8.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix F. Fuel Rod Temperature Estimates (open access)

Appendix F. Fuel Rod Temperature Estimates

Report presenting cladding axial and circumferential temperature estimates, fuel rod radial temperature estimates, and the techniques used to estimate the cladding and fuel temperatures for Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix G. Microprobe Examinations (open access)

Appendix G. Microprobe Examinations

Report presenting microprobe examination results of fuel Rods 205-1, 205-2, and 205-8 for test Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix H. Fuel Rod Particle Size Analyses (open access)

Appendix H. Fuel Rod Particle Size Analyses

Report presenting fuel rod particle sizes and size distributions as determined for the two failed Test PCM-5 fuel rods.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Appendix I. Scanning Electron Microscope Examination of Rod 205-4 Cladding Fracture Surface (open access)

Appendix I. Scanning Electron Microscope Examination of Rod 205-4 Cladding Fracture Surface

Report presenting scanning electron microscopy (SEM) examinations used to analyze one cladding fracture surface of Rod 205-4 for Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test PCM-5 Fuel Rod Materials Behavior (open access)

Test PCM-5 Fuel Rod Materials Behavior

Test PCM-5 was the first nine-rod bundle test in the Power-Cooling-Mismatch (PCM) Test Series. The test objectives were to evaluate the behavior of the center rod operated in an environment typical of a commercial reactor rod subjected to PCM transient and to investigate the potential for rod-to-rod interactions.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dynamic Testing Data]

Dynamic test data from an experiment conducted to determine the puncture resistance of lead- and uranium-backed type AISI 316 stainless steel (SS) plates. The data is presented in line graphs. The parameters that were varied in this investigation were punch diameter, test plate thickness, backing material, and test temperature.
Date: April 1980
Creator: Larder, R. & Arthur, D.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library