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DEVELOPMENT OF PLUTONIUM-BEARING FUEL MATERIALS. Monthly Progress Letter, August 1963

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4630020
All PuO/sub 2/, UO/sub 2/, and PuO/sub 2/- UO/sub 2/ powders required for the fabrication of the high burnup irradiation specimens were prepared, and these powders are now being characterized. Detailed fuel element and irradiation capsule design studies are underway, and heat fluxes and central fuel temperatures are being determined for GETR RAFT facility flux conditions. Sintering studies are being continued to study Pu2O/sub 2/ formation in UO/sub 2/- - PuC/sub 2/ compositions and also to determine reduction-oxidation characteristics of these materials. (N.W.R.)
Research Organization:
Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp., Apollo, Penna.
NSA Number:
NSA-17-041357
OSTI ID:
4630020
Report Number(s):
NUMEC-P-62
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English