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Showing 71 results for Author: Ben E. Garrison
Nov, 2023
ORNL Report
Report Summarizing Progress in Digital Image Correlation Analysis of Burst Phenomenon
Nov, 2023
Journal
Quantifying deformation during Zry-4 burst testing: a comparison of BISON and a combined in-situ digital image correlation and infrared thermography method
The development and verification of nuclear fuel-cladding performance codes require extensive testing to establish empirical correlations, necessitating more accelerated testing methods that can replace large validation studies. In the present work a technique was developed and implemented to experimentally quantify the relationship between temperature, cladding internal p…
Nov, 2023
Journal
BISON validation of FeCrAl cladding mechanical failure during simulated reactivity-initiated accident conditions
A reactivity-initiated accident (RIA) is a postulated design basis accident in light water reactors (LWRs) in which a rapid reactivity insertion induces a fission rate increase and a fuel pellet temperature rise. During RIA, the fuel pellet thermally expands and may cause pellet-cladding mechanical interaction (PCMI). Separate effects PCMI tests were performed on C26M FeCr…
Nov, 2023
ORNL Report
Sister Rod Destructive Examinations (FY21) Appendix E Mechanical Testing
As a part of the DOE NE High Burnup Spent Fuel Data Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is performing destructive examinations (DEs) of high burnup (HBU) (>45 GWd/MTU) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) rods from the North Anna Nuclear Power Station operated by Dominion Energy. The SNF rods, called sister rods or sibling rods, are all HBU and include four different kinds o…
Mar, 2022
Journal
Correlations of the Steam Oxidation Rate Constant of BWR Alloy Zircaloy-2 at 800–1400 °C
Steam oxidation experiments were conducted at 800–1400 °C with boiling water reactor alloy Zircaloy-2 strip specimens. Sample weight gain measurements were performed on the oxidized specimens before and after the test and were compared to oxygen pickup calculations using the Cathcart–Pawel correlation. The results showed that Zircaloy-2 follows the parabolic law at tempera…