A pragmatic approach to modelling thermal conductivity of irradiated UO2 fuel: Review and recommendations

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Lucuta, PG [1 ]
Matzke, H [1 ]
Hastings, IJ [1 ]
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[1] COMMISS EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,JOINT RES CTR,INST TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS,D-76125 KARLSRUHE,GERMANY
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10.1016/S0022-3115(96)00404-7
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T [工业技术];
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The thermal conductivity of irradiated UO2 fuel is discussed considering the effects of burnup (dissolved and precipitated solid fission products), porosity and fission-gas bubbles, deviation from stoichiometry; and radiation damage based on single-effect results previously published on SIMFUEL (simulated extended burnup UO2 fuel) and on radiation damage measurements. An analytical expression including factors describing the above effects is applied to the expression for unirradiated UO2 thermal conductivity; it reflects the knowledge available today, and It Is recommended for use with irradiated fuel. The expression is validated against available published data on thermal conductivity of irradiated fuel. This expression can bi incorporated into fuel modelling codes io improve calculations of operating temperatures and predictions of behaviour of irradiated fuel under normal and accident conditions, including the extended burnup.
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