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HEAVY WATER MODERATED POWER REACTORS PROGRESS REPORT, DECEMBER 1960

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4065011

Construction of the Heavy Water Components Test Reactor (HWCTR) is 47% complete. The forecast start-up date is November 1961. Fabrication of two Zircaloy pressure tubes for the HWCTR bayonets was completed. The first irradiation test of a thin-walled thbe of uranium metal was concluded. Preliminary postirradiation examination of six Zircaloy-clad tubes of compacted uranium oxide revealed cladding defects in four of the specimens. The tubes had been fabricated by a combination of sonic vibratory compaction and cold-swaging. (For preceding period see DP565.) (auth)

Research Organization:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Atomic Energy Div., Wilmington, Del.
NSA Number:
NSA-15-013975
OSTI ID:
4065011
Report Number(s):
DP-575
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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