Fuel performance comparison old reactors, March 1960--December 1960 [electronic resource].
Published
Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1961. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
In relation to evaluation of the block discharge mode of operation, data for comparison of fuel rupture performance of the old reactors have been assembled, and are transmitted herein. We have analyzed these data and the results are also transmitted in this report. Based on analysis of rupture experience from March through December, 1960, adjusted for differences in power, temperature, exposure, and throughput, there are no significant differences in fuel rupture performance between the old reactors. This statement does not imply that there are no differences in economic performance between reactors. Differences of this nature cannot be judged solely from the data of this report.