Emission Rate of Fission Products from a Hole in the Cladding of a Reactor Fuel Element
Description:
It is assumed that when a hole appears in the cladding of a reactor fuel tube the fission products in the space between the fuel and the cladding will diffuse towards the hole. There they are swept away by the flow of steam past the hole. The process of diffusion is assumed to be governed by the ordinary diffusion equation with the boundary condition that the density of the fission products is zero at the surface of the hole. The diffusion equation is solved for the case of steady-state emissio…
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Date:
July 26, 1956
Creator:
Helstrom, Carl W.