Risk Assessment and Safety Analysis of Fuel Rods in Pressurized-Water Reactors (PWRs)
[Thesis]
Hong, Kisik
Lu, Wei;Thouless, Michael
University of Michigan
2020
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Ph.D.
University of Michigan
2020
In pressurized-water reactors (PWRs), the mechanical integrity of claddings should be ensured under various loading conditions to avoid exposure of hazardous nuclear fission products to the external environment. In light of this, several problems associated with the possible failure of the cladding were studied as follows.