METALLURGY DIVISION QUARTERLY REPORT FOR JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER 1953
>Progress is reported in the extrusion of Cu-clad Zr billets into tubing, welding of Zr strip into tubing using a roder resistance welding tube mill, piercing of Zr billets into a base tube, the casting and fabrication of U-- Nb alloys, the rolling of Zircaloy sheet, the roll-cladding of Zircaloy to U--Nb alloys, the fabrication of plate type reactor fuel elements of U--Hb alloys roll bonded with Zircaloy, fabrication of a complete U/sup 235/--Zr fuel slug for the EBR, the fabrication of U-- Zr alloy rod into EBR fuel blanket slugs, the thermal cycling of U-- Zr rods following heat treatment, the fubrication of enriched U reactor fuses, the preparation and dimensional stability of U single crystals, twinning in U crystals, diffusion in Cu- U couples, the fabrication of U billets from electrolytic crystals, the preparation of U-- Zr and Hb--U alloys, effects of radiation on U, the effects of radiation on U-- Zr alloys, the corrosion of Al, Zr, and Nb-U alloys, and the effects of heat treatments on Hb-- U alloys. (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., Lemont, Ill.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-001968
- OSTI ID:
- 4328567
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-5153(Del.)
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Decl. with deletions Feb. 13, 1957. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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