DIVISION OF REACTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1958

Technical Report · Wed Jan 14 23:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4294972

In the Plutonium Recycle Program, brief reports of preparation of sample fuel materials for irradiation testing are given. Design of Al--Pu clusters for ETR irradiation testing is discussed. Data on sintering of UO/sub 2/--PuO/sub 2/ mixtures are given. Studies are also reponted on: injection casting; extrusion of Al--U; welding Zircaloy-2 tubing; gross melting of unsintered U0/sub 2/ in Zircaloy-2 tubes; coolant systems development; thermal hydraulics; mechanical equipment development; design development; pyrochemical processing of PRP fuels; PRTR fuels processing; computer programming operation; Gas Cooled Central Power Station Reactor; Army Gas-Cooled Reactor; and nondestructive fuel testing. (For preceding peried see HW-58555.) (T.H.H.)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-52
• NSA Number: NSA-13-005907
• OSTI ID: 4294972
• Report Number(s): HW-58860
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALUMINUM ALLOYS
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COOLANT LOOPS
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FUELS
GAS COOLANT
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDRAULICS
INJECTION
IRRADIATION
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
MELTING
PLANNING
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PLUTONIUM ALLOYS
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
POWER PLANTS
PRCF
PROGRAMMING
PYROLYSIS
REACTORS
REPROCESSING
SINTERING
TUBES
URANIUM DIOXIDE
WELDING
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