Compare predictions of transient fission gas release by empirical and mechanistic models to experiments in high burnup UO2 fuel

PCA Simon, LK Aagesen Jr, N Capps, MWD Cooper… - 2023 - osti.gov
Understanding and predicting fuel performance at high burnup require improving our
understanding of transient fission gas release. High-burnup operations enable new …

Deployment of BISON models of fuel restructuring at high burnup and related fission gas behavior in UO2

PCA Simon, KA Gamble, A Pagani, I Ferguson… - 2024 - osti.gov
This milestone report details the advancements made in fiscal year 2024 under the Nuclear
Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) program to improve the modeling of …

BISON fuel fragmentation relocation and dispersal (FFRD) assessment database for eventual use in Bayesian calibration

KA Gamble - 2023 - osti.gov
Existing light-water reactor (LWR) fuel vendors have been interested in seeking increased
discharge burnups of nuclear fuel rods for improved economics for quite a few years. With …

The Impact of the Halden Reactor Project on the Development of the Bison Fuel Performance Code

KA Gamble, JD Hales, Y Che - 2024 - osti.gov
The Bison fuel performance code has been under development at Idaho National
Laboratory by various programs within the US Department of Energy since 2009. As part of …