Status of Irradiation Tests of Dilute Uranium Alloys in NaK-Containing Stainless Steel Capsules

Technical Report · Mon Mar 26 00:00:00 EST 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/780120· OSTI ID:780120

McDonell, W R

To extend experience with uranium metal fuels to the high exposures required for power reactor operation, the Savannah River Laboratory has conducted over several years a series of irradiation tests of small uranium specimens of various alloy compositions in NaK-containing stainless steel capsules. These tests were designed specifically to establish the limits on exposure that could be reached during irradiation of the alloys at various temperatures without swelling and to determine the metallurgical factors that promoted the stability of the alloys. This paper discusses those test results.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• OSTI ID: 780120
• Report Number(s): DPST-67-556; Contract AT(07-2)-1; TRN: US0102445
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 26 Mar 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
POWER REACTORS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SWELLING
URANIUM ALLOYS
POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION
RADIATION DOSES
LIMITING VALUES
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE