journal article·2022-12Open access

Thermal-shock experiments for separate-effects validation of UO2 fuel fracture models

Luis H. Ortega, Kay L. Yee, Delia Perez-Nunez, Sean M. McDeavitt, Casey Steinman, Richard R. Schultz, Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Benjamin W. Spencer

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