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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
D. S. Rowe, R. N. Oehlberg
Nuclear Technology | Volume 54 | Number 2 | August 1981 | Pages 174-179
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32733
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An analytical model for calculating gas flow and pressure inside a nuclear fuel rod is presented. Such a model is required to calculate the pressure loading of cladding during ballooning that could occur for postulated reactor accidents. The mathematical model uses a porous media (permeability) concept to define the resistance to gas flow along the fuel rod. Permeability is expressed in terms of the diametral gap between the fuel pellet and cladding. The mathematical equations are solved numerically by means of a fully implicit finite difference procedure believed to be new to fuel rod gas flow analysis. The solution is direct, fast, and does not require iteration. The analytical model was found to agree quite well with experimental results for transient gas flow in irradiated fuel rods.
