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Argonne updates: Fuel research and materials lab
Over the past two weeks, Argonne National Laboratory has announced numerous significant advancements being made by its staff to push forward nuclear fuels and materials research. Those announcements include the opening of the new Activated Materials Lab, the development of a new measurement technique, and the application of new artificial intelligence tools.
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.
