Technical Approach and Results from the Fuels Pathway on an Alternative Selection Case Study

Bob Youngblood ; Curtis Smith

关键词: fuel cladding;    safety margin;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1111013
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-13-30195
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1111013

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The report presents a detailed plan for conducting case studies to characterize probabilistic safety margins associated with different fuel cladding types in a way that supports a valid comparison of different fuels' performance. Recent work performed in other programs is described briefly and used to illustrate the challenges posed by characterization of margin in a probabilistic way. It is additionally pointed out that consistency of evaluation of performance across different cladding types is not easy to assure; a process for achieving the needed consistency is described.