Abstract

A new mathematical interpretation is presented of fission gas release from UO 2 fuel during low-temperature irradiation in terms of a defect trap model and the knock-out process. In the present model it is assumed that gas in an intermediate state exists side by side with the dissolved fission gas and that trapped in bubbles. The present model gives a satisfactory interpretation of the relative proportion of isotopes in the steady state fission-gas release. The dependence of the fission-gas release rate on the fission rate is also interpreted; regimes either proportional to the square of fission rate or proportional to fission rate are predicted, depending on the fission rate interval considered.

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