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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
W. A. Coffman, F. T. Dunckhorst, L. L. Lynn, J. E. Meyer
Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 6 | June 1968 | Pages 372-381
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26361
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A method was developed for predicting excessive clad sheath distortion in a cylindrical waterlogged reactor fuel element subjected to a transient increase in power. The analytical model includes heat transfer, linear elastic stress and deformation, and defect flow equations to yield transient values of internal pressure, clad stress, and clad strain. Details of the model and several comparisons with observed waterlogging incidents are given.
