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Christmas Light
’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
M. J. F. Notley
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 6 | June 1967 | Pages 334-342
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27855
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A method has been evolved for the calculation of the fission-product gas pressure inside operating UO2 fuel elements. The calculations are based on a model in which the hot center of the UO2 pellet is assumed to flow plastically under stress, and the outer annulus is cracked. The calculated pressures are shown to be in reasonable agreement with experimental measurements of the gas pressure inside fuel elements.
