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An experimental method of laser heating making it possible to simulate the first crisis of heat emission from fuel element cladding with pulsed energy input into the fuel core is described. The results of experiments for stationary saturated coolant (water) at atmospheric pressure are presented. A model of boiling under pulsed heating that makes it possible to calculate the dynamics of heat emission at the stage before onset of crisis is presented. The predictions of the model agree with the experimental data.
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Antonova, L.I., Afanas'eva, E.Y., Drobyazko, S.V. et al. Simulation of Heat Emission from Fuel Element Cladding with Rapid Energy Input. Atomic Energy 92, 110–117 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015866304110
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