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Acoustic Emission/Flaw Relationships for Inservice Monitoring of LWRs

Description: "The program concerning Acoustic Emission/Flaw Relationships for Inservice Monitoring of LWRs was entitled in FY76 with the objective of validating the application of acoustic emission (AE) to monitor nuclear reactor pressure-containing components during operation to detect cracking."
Date: October 1991
Creator: Hutton, P. H.; Kurtz, R. J.; Friesel, M. A.; Skorpik, J. R. & Dawson, J. F.
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Appendix A. Design and Test Conduct

Description: Report summarizing the design of Power Burst Facility (PBF) test rods, test train hardware, the individual rod assembly instrumentation, and test conduct.
Date: January 1981
Creator: Cook, Beverly A.; Fukuda, Steven K.; Martinson, Zoel R. & Bott-Hembree, Patricia
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Appendix A. Pretest Fuel Rod Characteristics

Description: Report providing tabulated data for pretest measurements preformed to characterize three of the four Power-Cooling-Mismatch (PCM-4) fuel rods, Rods UTA-0014, UTA-0015, and UTA-0016.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
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[Appendix A. Pretest Fuel Rod Characteristics (PCM 8-1 RS, CHF Scoping, PCM 8-1 RF)]

Description: Report presenting pretest measurement characteristics of the fuel rods used in three, single-rod, power-cooling-mismatch tests: PCM 8-1 RS, CHF Scoping, and PCM 8-1 RF.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; McCardell, Richard K.; Sparks, Daniel T. & MacDonald, Philip E.
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Appendix A. Test PCM-1 Experiment Description

Description: Description of the test assembly and instrumentation used for Power-Cooling-Mismatch (PCM) Test Series, Test PCM-1 that includes a table and figures illustrating elements of the facility and test train assembly.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Sparks, Daniel T. & Stanley, Clifford J.
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Appendix B. Experiment Designs and Instrumentation

Description: Appendix detailing the hardware and instrumentation of test assemblies for the three single-rod Power-Cooling Mismatch (PCM) tests.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; McCardell, Richard K.; Sparks, Daniel T. & MacDonald, Philip E.
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Appendix B. Fuel Rod Axial Power Profiles

Description: Report presenting details of Test-PCM-5 fuel rod axial power profiles as determined by two methods: gamma scanning of the fuel bundle flux wires and radiochemical burnup analysis of fuel samples from Rods 205-1, -2, -3, -5, -7, -8, and -9. (p. B-2)
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
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Appendix B. Insturmentation Transducer Calibration and Data Acquisition System Uncertaintites

Description: Report providing estimates of instrument calibration and data system acquisition errors as well as the equation for estimating 95% confidence levels for transducers and the surveillance system for the Power-Cooling-Mismatch (Test PCM-4).
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
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Appendix B: Software

Description: Dataset documenting the software programs used in the acoustic emission (AE) instruments systems developed under the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) / Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) AE program.
Date: October 1991
Creator: Hutton, P. H.; Kurtz, R. J.; Friesel, M. A.; Skorpik, J. R. & Dawson, J. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix B. Test Rod Power Profile

Description: Appendix to report presenting detailed data from the postirradiation examination and pretest characterization for Test PCM-1, including a description of the axial power profile.
Date: June 1979
Creator: Cook, Beverly A.
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Appendix B: Thermal-Hydraulic Data Related To TC-1 Tests

Description: Graphs presenting peak power history, ratio of local rod power to rod average power (P/A), total heat transfer coefficient history, and coolant pressure history conditions in the test assembly during the transient phase of the TC-1 tests.
Date: May 1981
Creator: Yackle, Tom R.; Waterman, Michael E. & MacDonald, Philip E.
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Appendix C: Fuel Rod Characterization

Description: Tables presenting design variables for TC-1 fuel rods including composite powder analysis, pellet and fuel stack dimensions, and fuel rod and flow shroud dimensions.
Date: May 1981
Creator: Yackle, Tom R.; Waterman, Michael E. & MacDonald, Philip E.
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