Abstract
A finite-difference technique is used to compute exact solutions to the diffusion equation describing fission gas release from UO 2 nuclear fuel during steady reactor operation. The resolution of gas atoms from grain-boundary bubbles is treated in two alternative ways, and the results of the parallel calculations compared. Predictions of gas release using simple analytical models are compared with the numerical results and are found in general to describe the process very accurately.
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