QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 1957 TO DECEMBER 31, 1957
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4308416
An evaluation and the resulting conclusions of work performed are presented for each project in which definitive progress was made. The principle progress consisted of: improvement in the uniformity of spacing pellets in stainless steel tubes by horizontal and vertical stretching of the tubes; determination of bulk-boiling factors from the loss-of-coolant flow studies; the obtaining of encouraging results from the use of a basic permanganate-citrate method for the decontamination of stainless steel; calculation of the volume of the local boiling in the first core; selection of a combination resin-evaporation waste disposal system; review and modification of nuclear parameters and control rod worths; loading of the CRX core to criticality and the obtaining of test data from the loading operations; preparation of drawings and equipment specifications for the in-pile test loop in a fourteen-section package; and removal of irradiated fuel elements test specimens from the MTR and their shipment to KAFL for postirradiation examination. The latest revised definitive mechanical, thermal, and nuclear design data for the first Yankee core are included. (For preceding period see YAEC-44.) (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. Atomic Power Dept., Pittsburgh
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-016726
- OSTI ID:
- 4308416
- Report Number(s):
- YAEC-52
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BURNOUT
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COOLANT LOOPS
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DECONTAMINATION
DIAGRAMS
EFFICIENCY
EQUATIONS
EVAPORATION
FABRICATION
FAILURES
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HEAT TRANSFER
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IRRADIATION
LEAKS
MANGANESE OXIDES
MASS
MATERIALS TESTING
MEASURED VALUES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NEUTRON FLUX
PELLETS
PERMANGANATES
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PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR FUELING
REACTORS
REMOTE HANDLING
REPROCESSING
RESINS
RODS
SHUTDOWN
STAINLESS STEELS
TRANSPORT
TUBES
WASTE DISPOSAL
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BURNOUT
CITRIC ACID
CONFIGURATION
CONTROL ELEMENTS
COOLANT LOOPS
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DECONTAMINATION
DIAGRAMS
EFFICIENCY
EQUATIONS
EVAPORATION
FABRICATION
FAILURES
FLUID FLOW
FUEL CANS
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAT TRANSFER
HIGH TEMPERATURE
IN PILE LOOPS
IRRADIATION
LEAKS
MANGANESE OXIDES
MASS
MATERIALS TESTING
MEASURED VALUES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NEUTRON FLUX
PELLETS
PERMANGANATES
PHYSICS
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR FUELING
REACTORS
REMOTE HANDLING
REPROCESSING
RESINS
RODS
SHUTDOWN
STAINLESS STEELS
TRANSPORT
TUBES
WASTE DISPOSAL
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YANKEE