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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 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 C. Power Calibrations

Description: Report discussing the results of experimental methods for determining fuel rod power needed for 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 D. Energy Deposition Measurements

Description: Report describing four different methods of measuring the total radially averaged fission energy deposited in PBF (Power Burst Facility) fuel rods, as well as a summary evaluation of each method.
Date: January 1981
Creator: Cook, Beverly A.; Fukuda, Steven K.; Martinson, Zoel R. & Bott-Hembree, Patricia
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Appendix D. Metallographic Examination

Description: Report presenting the results of the metallographic examination for Rods 801-1, 801-2, 801-3, and 801-5 used to supplement the visual inspection and posttest description of the Test RIA 1-1 fuel rods. (p. 177)
Date: September 1980
Creator: Seiffert, Stephen L.; Martinson, Zoel R. & Fukuda, Steven K.
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Appendix D. Postirradiation Examinations

Description: Report detailing postirradiation examinations performed on the three pressurized water-reactor-type fuel rods following 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 E. Data Plots

Description: Report presenting time history plots of selected parameters measured during the three 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.

[Appendix E. Extended Analysis Microfiche]

Description: Graphical presentations of data from the 1/5-scale Mark I BWR Pressure Suppression Experiment (PSE) air transient tests, including HVLF Characterization Data, Impulse Characterization, Computed Load Cell Response Histories and Frequency Analyses, and Enthalpy Flux Evaluation (see Table E-1. Summary of microfiche descriptions)
Date: June 1980
Creator: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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