HEAVY WATER MODERATED POWER REACTORS. Quarterly Progress Report for November 1958 through January 1959

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4208688

Isakoff, L comp

Experimental work this quarter in the study of natural-uranium-fueled, D/ sub 2/O-moderated power reactors featured the successful fabrication of nine Zircaloy-clad U-2 wt.% Zr fuel tubes, a major advance in the extrusion of thin- walled zirconium components, the startup of the high temperature exponential facility, continuation of the irradiation testing of prototype fuel elements, and additional work on several methods of manafacturing fuel elements of uranium oxide. Further evaluations were made of the economics of large-size D/sub 2/0- moderated power reactors and of the associated engineering, physics, and materials problems. Construction of a high-temperature irradiation facility, the Heavy Water Components Test Reactor (HWCTR), was authorized. Firm design, procurement of longdelivery equipment, and experimental determination of the nuclear properties of the HWCTR are proceeding. (For preceding period see DP- 345.) (auth)

• Research Organization: Du Pont de NEmours (E.I.) & Co. Explosives Dept., Wilmington, Del.
• NSA Number: NSA-13-021767
• OSTI ID: 4208688
• Report Number(s): DP-375
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CANNING-- EXPONENTIAL PILES-- EXTRUSION-- FABRICATION-- FUEL ELEMENTS-- HEAVY WATER MODERATOR-- HIGH TEMPERATURE-- IRRADIATION-- NATURAL URANIUM FUEL-- POWER PLANTS-- REACTORS-- STARTUP-- TESTING-- TUBES-- URANIUM ALLOYS-- URANIUM OXIDES-- ZIRCALOY-- ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
ECONOMICS-- HEAVY WATER MODERATOR-- MASS-- NATURAL URANIUM FUEL-- PLANNING-- POWER PLANTS-- REACTORS-- VOLUME
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR-- HIGH TEMPERATURE-- HWCTR-- IRRADIATION-- MEASURED VALUES-- NATURAL URANIUM FUEL-- PLANNING-- POWER PLANTS-- QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS-- REACTORS-- TESTING-- TRANSFER FUNCTIONS-- TRANSIENTS
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