HEAVY WATER MODERATED POWER REACTORS QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND APRIL 1958

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1958

OSTI ID:4299221

Isakoff, L comp

Continued progress is reported on the nuclear, engineering, and materials problems associated with four designs of D/sub 2/C-cooled-and-moderated 100-Mwe power reactors fueled with tubes of natural uranium metal. Evaluations are given of the quality of several full-size fuel tubes of U-2 wt.% Zr clad with Zircaloy-2 and of two full-size zirconium housing tubes that were fabricated for tests of the fuel assemblies of the D/sub 2/O-cooled reactors. A preliminary design and an evaluation cost estimate are presented for a small pressure vessel reactor in which power reactor fuel elements could be irradiated. A relaxation of the ground rules that were established for the du Pont study over a year ago led to examination of reactor types that may lead to lower cost atomic power but would also require substantially more rcsearch and development than those considered practicable for operation by July 1962. (For preceding period see DP- 285.) (auth)

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Atomic Energy Div., Wilmington, Del.
• NSA Number: NSA-13-000466
• OSTI ID: 4299221
• Report Number(s): DP-295
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CANNING
CONFIGURATION
COOLANT LOOPS
ECONOMICS
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAVY WATER COOLANT
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR
IRRADIATION
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NATURAL URANIUM FUEL
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE VESSELS
RADIATION EFFECTS
REACTOR CORE
REACTORS
TESTING
TUBES
ZIRCALOY
ZIRCONIUM