Travel to Battelle Memorial Institute to discuss the progress of subcontract research. Trip report, December 6, 1955

Technical Report · Sun Dec 18 23:00:00 EST 1955

OSTI ID:10185208

O`Leary, W J

The report documents programs on fuel element research. On the uranium-aluminum alloy work, conditions have been determined on cooling rates for the particular mold design employed, to obtain castings with a minimum of segregation. The slowest cooling rate to obtain unsegregated castings of alloys containing 14 w/o to 20 w/o uranium is 100 to 125 Fahrenheit degrees per minute. Auxiliary equipment to ensure success in extrusion cladding flat plates is being built and will shortly be completed. The new container is expected from Moczik in two weeks, at which time everything should be ready for trial. The tube expander to clad tubes internally has been ordered, and is expected next week. On classification, it has been arranged that no mention will be made of the interest of du Pont or SRP in any further work reported on by BMI; the present status is that the subcontract work will continue to be reported in the confidential category.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Wilmington, DE (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 10185208
• Report Number(s): DPW--55-24-14; SR/H--809; ON: DE94019315
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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