NONDESTRUCTIVE TEST STATION FOR ZIRCALOY-CLAD REACTOR FUEL

Technical Report · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1963

OSTI ID:4080641

Goodwin, L E; Hendricks, H D

A nondestructive test station was constructed to inspect Zircaloy tubes and Zircaloy-clad reactor fuel pieces for cladding defects. The test station includes a feeder to spiral the fuel pieces past the sensing transducers of a number of eddy current and ultrasonic instruments which measure wall thicknesses and indicate flaws. The station is adaptable to either solid or tubular fuel pieces with diameters between 1 and 31/2 inches and lengths between 2 and 10 feet. Operation can be in air or under water and the complement of test transducers is easily changed to fit particular test situations. (auth)

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.); Co. Savannah River Lab., Aiken, S.C.
• NSA Number: NSA-18-014054
• OSTI ID: 4080641
• Report Number(s): DP-851; AT(07-2)-1
• Resource Relation: Other Information: AT(07-2)-1. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ENGINEERING
AIR
CANNING
CONFIGURATION
DEFECTS
EDDY CURRENTS
FUEL ELEMENTS
INSPECTION
INSTRUMENTS
MATERIALS TESTING
MEASURED VALUES
OPERATION
REACTORS
THICKNESS
TRANSDUCERS
TUBES
ULTRASONICS
WATER
ZIRCALOY