A MODEL TO PREDICT THE ULTIMATE FAILURE OF COATED FUEL-PARTICLES DURING CORE HEATUP EVENTS

被引:11
作者
OGAWA, T
MINATO, K
FUKUDA, K
NUMATA, M
MIYANISHI, H
SEKINO, H
MATSUSHIMA, H
ITOH, T
KADO, S
TAKAHASHI, I
机构
[1] JAPAN ATOM ENERGY RES INST,RES HOT LAB,TOKAI,IBARAKI 31911,JAPAN
[2] JAPAN ATOM ENERGY RES INST,MET SECT,TOKAI,IBARAKI 31911,JAPAN
[3] JAPAN ATOM ENERGY RES INST,RADIAT DETECT SECT,TOKAI,IBARAKI 31911,JAPAN
关键词
COATED FUEL PARTICLES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR; URANIUM OXIDE;
D O I
10.13182/NT91-A34592
中图分类号
TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];
学科分类号
0827 ; 082701 ;
摘要
A model to predict the ultimate failure of TRISO-coated fuel particles under hypothetical core heatup events is proposed. Features of the model include the ability to treat the statistical variation of the number of coated fuel particles and to make a thermodynamic estimation of the stoichiometry of irradiated UO2 kernels and the equilibrium CO pressures. The model predictions agree well with the results of postirradiation heating tests. The thermal creep of pyrolytic carbon, however, must be taken into account to further improve the accuracy of the prediction.
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页码:314 / 322
页数:9
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