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FUEL-BEARING FIBERGLAS IN ALUMINUM-BASE FUEL ELEMENTS-SIXTH QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY 1, 1961 TO MARCH 31, 1961

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4025700
Depleted, aluminum-coated, uranium-bearing fiberglas was used as core material for processing experimental fuel plates. Cladding the plates with alclad 5154 or alclad fiberglas-reinforced aluminum resulted in uniform crackfree core sections. The test program to be conducted with enriched plates is described. The results of bending tests with various clad depleted plates are reported; cladding with high-strength aluminum alloys was found to increase the formability to the extent that an alclad 5154 plats could be bent up to 180 deg at 450 deg F without breaking. (D.L.C.)
Research Organization:
Clevite Corp. Mechanical Research Div., Cleveland
NSA Number:
NSA-15-024531
OSTI ID:
4025700
Report Number(s):
ORO-417
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English