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The experimental series IFA-511 and IFA-54X, carried out at the Halden Boiling Heavy Water Reactor (HBWR), investigated fuel performance characteristics under adverse core cooling conditions. Specific objectives of the experiments were to compare thermal responses of nuclear fuel rods with those of electrically heated rods and to study cladding ballooning. The present paper deals with a systematic...