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NRC SFST ISG-12: Buckling of Irradiated Fuel Under Bottom End Drop Conditions

Fuel rod buckling analyses under bottom end drop conditions have traditionally been performed
to demonstrate integrity of the fuel following a cask drop accident. The methodology described
by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to analyze the buckling of irradiated spent
fuel assembly under a bottom end drop in their report UCID-21246 is a simplified approach. It
assumed that buckling occurred when the fuel rod segment between the bottom two spacer
grids reached the Euler buckling limit. The weight of fuel pellets was neglected in the analysis;

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