In-Pile Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Uranium-Zirconium Hydride Fuel

摘要

The focus of this manuscript is to discuss in-pilernexperimental measurements made to deduce thermalrnconductivity of uranium-zirconium hydride fuels. Thernmethod utilized here relies on in-situ measurements ofrncenterline fuel and outside cladding temperature alongrnwith a calculated value for the power generation raterninside the fuel to determine the thermal conductivity.