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Appendix B. Test PCM-3 Instrumentation and Associated Uncertainties

Description: Appendix to Test PCM-3 report presenting a description of the "instrumentation and the calibration equations that were used to convert the transducer output to engineering units during the data reduction process." (p. 61)
Date: August 1979
Creator: Owen, Dennis E. & Vinjamuri, Krishna
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[Appendix C. Test PCM-3 Fuel Rod Power Calibration]

Description: Report presenting the results of thermal heat balance power calibration and neutron flux axial distribution measurements for the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test PCM-3.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Owen, Dennis E. & Vinjamuri, Krishna
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Appendix D. Test PCM-3 Data Plots]

Description: Report presenting data plots for selected parameters measured during Test PCM-3 of the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Owen, Dennis E. & Vinjamuri, Krishna
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix A. Pretest Fuel Rod Characterization

Description: Report presenting pretest characterization measurements for two of the four Power-Cooling Mismatch Test PCM-3 fuel rods, Rods UTA-0011 and UTA-0013.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Owen, Dennis E. & Vinjamuri, Krishna
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Appendix E. Comparison of Calculated and Measured Fuel Rod Behavior for Test PCM-3]

Description: Report to appendix presenting a comparison of the calculated and measured fuel rod behavior determined during steady state power calibration, the onset of departure from nucleate boiling (DNB), and post-DNB test for Power-Cooling Mismatch Test PCM-3. (p. 155)
Date: August 1979
Creator: Owen, Dennis E. & Vinjamuri, Krishna
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Appendix F. Cladding Surface Temperature Estimates (Test PCM-3)]

Description: Report presenting estimates of the methods used to establish fuel rod cladding temperatures for Test PCM-3 using three techniques: metallographic examination of the cladding microstructures, isothermal reaction rate correlations, and BUILD5 computer code calculations.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Owen, Dennis E. & Vinjamuri, Krishna
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Test PCM-5 Fuel Rod Materials Behavior

Description: Test PCM-5 was the first nine-rod bundle test in the Power-Cooling-Mismatch (PCM) Test Series. The test objectives were to evaluate the behavior of the center rod operated in an environment typical of a commercial reactor rod subjected to PCM transient and to investigate the potential for rod-to-rod interactions.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix E. Fuel Rod Sectioning and Metallographic Examinations

Description: Report presenting preparation of the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5 fuel rods and fuel rod sections for metallographic examination and the metallographic examination results from Rods 205-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, and -8.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix H. Fuel Rod Particle Size Analyses

Description: Report presenting fuel rod particle sizes and size distributions as determined for the two failed Test PCM-5 fuel rods.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix F. Fuel Rod Temperature Estimates

Description: Report presenting cladding axial and circumferential temperature estimates, fuel rod radial temperature estimates, and the techniques used to estimate the cladding and fuel temperatures for Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix G. Microprobe Examinations

Description: Report presenting microprobe examination results of fuel Rods 205-1, 205-2, and 205-8 for test Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series PCM-5.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Kerwin, Deborah K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel Rod Behavior During Test PCM-4

Description: This report presents and discusses the results from Test PCM-4 of the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Appendix F. Cladding Surface Temperature Estimates (Test PCM-4)]

Description: "A summary of the methods used to establish fuel rod cladding temperatures associated with the axial region of film boiling for Test PCM-4 and the results of the calculations are presented in this appendix." (p. 219)
Date: August 1979
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; Sparks, Daniel T. & Schwieder, David H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel Rod Behavior During Tests PCM 8-1 RS, CHF Scoping, and PCM 8-1 RF

Description: This report presents the results of the first three power-cooling-mismatch tests - Tests 8-1 RS CHF Scoping, and 8-1 RF - performed in the PCM Test Series.
Date: November 1980
Creator: Johnson, Roger L.; Lassahn, Pamela L.; Martinson, Zoel R.; McCardell, Richard K.; Sparks, Daniel T. & MacDonald, Philip E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fuel Rod Material Behavior During Test PCM-1

Description: This report presents the analysis of the fuel rod materials behavior based on the postirradiation examination of the Test PCM-1 fuel rod from the Power-Cooling-Mismatch Test Series.
Date: June 1979
Creator: Cook, Beverly A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix G. U0â‚‚ Oxidation Calculation

Description: Appendix to report presenting detailed data from the postirradiation examination and pretest characterization for Test PCM-1, including the U0â‚‚ oxidation calculation.
Date: June 1979
Creator: Cook, Beverly A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Appendix F. Cladding Thermal Conductivity Changes

Description: Appendix to report presenting detailed data from the postirradiation examination and pretest characterization for Test PCM-1, including changes in cladding thermal conductivity with oxidation to ZrOâ‚‚.
Date: June 1979
Creator: Cook, Beverly A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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