HEAVY WATER MODERATED POWER REACTORS. Progress Report for August 1959
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4219010
Continued prcgress is reported on the design and construction of the Heavy Water Components Test Reactor; 70% of the firm design and 10% of the construction were complete at the end of August 1959. Installation of two isolated coolant loops, one cooled with boiling D/sub 2/O and the other with liquid D/sub 2/O, were authorized by the Atomic Energy Commission. Further study was made of the behavior of the HWCTR following unusual incidents, malfunctions, and accidents. The results of additional irradiation tests of uranium metal fuel tubes and of Zircaloy and zirconium components are reported. (For preceding period see DP405.) (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Atomic Energy Div., Wilmington, Del.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-004126
- OSTI ID:
- 4219010
- Report Number(s):
- DP-415
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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