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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
J. E. Hench, D. J. Liffengren
Nuclear Technology | Volume 11 | Number 4 | August 1971 | Pages 544-550
Technical Paper | Symposium on Fuel Rod Failure and Its Effect / Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30851
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The experimental results of fuel rod failure on the heat transfer effectiveness of spray cooling a Zircaloy-clad simulated BWR fuel bundle were evaluated from the design engineer viewpoint to determine the adequacy of the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) design. The overall results of the full-size 49-rod Zircaloy-clad internally pressurized bundle indicate that the ballooning and perforation associated with cladding failure did not significantly change the heat transfer effectiveness (i.e., peak cladding temperatures) of the ECCS spray cooling mode. Furthermore, the distortion was local in nature so the flow area reduction would not affect the ability of the ECCS flooding mode to accomplish the design objectives.
