Part III: Fuel Performance

Fuel performance models are available for both metal and oxide fuels.

• 8. DEFORM-4: Steady-State and Transient Pre-Failure Pin Behavior
  • 8.1. Overview and General Background
  • 8.2. Fuel-pin Mechanics
  • 8.3. Fuel-pin Phenomenology
  • 8.4. Fuel-pin Failure Criteria
  • 8.5. General Method of Solution
  • 8.6. Computer Code Implementation
  • 8.7. Material Properties
  • 8.8. References
  • 8.9. Nomenclature
• 9. MFUEL: Metallic Fuel Performance Model
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Model Formulation
  • 9.3. Time Step Controls
  • 9.4. Solution Algorithm and Flow Charts
  • 9.5. Interactions with Other SAS Models
  • 9.6. Input and Output Description
  • 9.7. References
  • 9.8. Appendices
• 10. SSCOMP: Pre-Transient Characterization of Metallic Fuel Pins
  • 10.1. Introduction and Overview
  • 10.2. The Earlier SSCOMP Model and Current Capability
  • 10.3. Thermal Properties of U-Pu-Zr and U-Zr Alloy Fuels as a Function of Composition
  • 10.4. Future Directions for Modeling Efforts
  • 10.5. References
  • 10.6. Nomenclature
  • 10.7. Appendices
• 11. FPIN2: Pre-Failure Metal Fuel Pin Behavior Model
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Fuel Element Mechanics
  • 11.3. Metal Fuel Element Models
  • 11.4. Integration of FPIN2 into SASSYS/SAS4A and Usage of Integrated Model
  • 11.5. References
  • 11.6. Nomenclature
  • 11.7. Appendices