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POWER REACTOR PROGRAM. Progress Report to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for the Period June 1, 1959 through June 30, 1959

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4220264

A progam on reduced scale tubes was initiated to gain an understanding of the factors leading to the clad thinning at flowshapes and to fluctuations generally observed in the inside clad thickness in a lot of five fullsized unalloyed uranium tubes. The program aimed at developing power tubes with uranium-rich alloy cores other than U--2 wt. % Zr is well under way. Sound castings close to desired composition were obtained in the systems U--0.2 wt. % Al, U--0.5 wt. % Al, U--1 wt. % Si and U--1.5 wt. % Mo. (For preceding period see NMI4394.) (W.D.M.)

Research Organization:
Nuclear Metals, Inc., Concord, Mass.
NSA Number:
NSA-13-021196
OSTI ID:
4220264
Report Number(s):
NMI-4395
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English