FFTF Fuel Suppliers' Meeting, Richland, Washington, August 29-30 1967

Technical Report · Tue Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 1967

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4502648· OSTI ID:4502648

Burgess, C. A. ^[1]; Hayward, B. R. ^[1]; Roake, W. E. ^[1]; Brackenbush, L. W. ^[1]; Cohn, P. D. ^[1]; Condotta, D. L. ^[1]; Bardsley, R. E. ^[1]; Brown, C. L. ^[1]; Burgess, C. A. ^[1]; Delvin, W. L. ^[1]; Faust, L. G. ^[1]; Hayward, B. R. ^[1]; Kenner, R. F. ^[1]; Lobsinger, R. J. ^[1]; Powers, H. G. ^[1]; Roake, W. E. ^[1]; Starling, C. D. ^[1]; Squire, R. J. ^[1]; Zeutschel, M. F. ^[1]

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1. Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)

The FFTF is the key facility construction program in the LMFBR program today. Criticality is planned for early 1973. The facility includes the FTR and the NPTF. The FTR fuel subassembly uses existing design and fabrication technology as much as possible. The present reference design consists of about 3 ft of small diameter, high density UO₂ + 25 wt% PuO₂ solid pellets made by mechanical blending, gas bonded and welded in thin wall 304 SS clad approximately 7 ft long. 316 SS is also being considered. Coprecipitation methods will be considered and evaluated. Each subassembly contains 217 pins. There are ~75 subassemblies per core. The core will have two zones that vary in plutonium content.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(45-1)-1830
• NSA Number: NSA-22-000603
• OSTI ID: 4502648
• Report Number(s): BNWL-SA-1388; CONF-670823
• Resource Relation: Conference: FFTF Fuel Supplier's Meeting, Richland, WA (United States), 29-30 August 1968; Other Information: UNCL. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-68
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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