A method for evaluating the service life of VVER-1000 fuel-element cladding in constant and variable fuel load regimes is proposed. It is shown that a comparative assessment of the service life of cladding with different core regimes and parameters is possible on the basis of the energy approach to creep and destruction of cladding.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 108, No. 5, pp. 294–299, May, 2010.
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Maksimov, M.V., Pelykh, S.N., Maslov, O.V. et al. Method for evaluating the service life of VVER-1000 fuel-element cladding in different loading regimes. At Energy 108, 357–363 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-010-9301-4
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