YANKEE CORE EVALUATION PROGRAM. Quarterly Progress Report for the Period Ending June 30, 1963

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1963

OSTI ID:4629283

The status and results of the core examination work performed to date are given. The first phase of the irradiated fuel transportation effort is described. Early efforts on the revision of the design methods are discussed. Results are given on underwater examination and disassembly operations on 10 of the 14 Core I irradiated fuel elements; gamma scans on the fuel assemblies, hot cell examinations of 34 fuel rods; preliminary evaluation of chemical and radiochemical analyses on crud samples from fuel assemblies; metallurgical and metallographic evaluation on fuel assemblies; appearance and dimensions of irradiated fuel assemblies and rods; and cladding and uranium dioxide evaluations. Progress is reported on the development of a computer code to facilitate the evaluation of isotopic composition data obtained on the spent fuel samples, adaptation of fuel depletion computer programs, methods by which actual heterogeneous systems may be synthesized into an equivalent homogeneous system, and planning of critical experiments which will assist in specifying procedures for representing discontinuities in the uniform lattice. (N.W.R.)

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp. Atomic Power Div., Pittsburgh
• NSA Number: NSA-17-038553
• OSTI ID: 4629283
• Report Number(s): WCAP-6055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CONFIGURATION
CRITICALITY
FUEL CANS
FUEL ELEMENTS
HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS
INSPECTION
IRRADIATION
METALLOGRAPHY
METALLURGY
POWER PLANTS
PROGRAMMING
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
RADIOCHEMISTRY
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
URANIUM DIOXIDE