EVESR-NUCLEAR SUPERHEAT FUEL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOURTH QUARTERLY REPORT, MARCH-MAY 1963

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1963

OSTI ID:4656679

Construction of the EVESR reactor and plant is 99% complete. Installation of the fuel evaluation instrumentation and coolant sampling system is 70% complete. Design work was initiated on specialized instrumentation to obtain the additional data that will be required to evaluate the developmental superheat fuel. Fabrication of the fuel bundles is scheduled to be completed in July. Coupon samples of superheat fuel clad materials were prepared for irradiation in the EVESR core. Control samples will be exposed to superheated steam outside the core. The physics prestartup report which outiines the EVESR critical tests to be performed and the expected results was completed. Considerable progress was made toward completing the computer codes to be used for storing, processing, and reducing the vast quantities of fuel fabrication and performance data that will result from the EVESR superheat fuel development program. Pre-irradiation measurements of the fuel are being made. Preliminary plans were made for the advanced fuel bundles. (auth)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-17-033310
• OSTI ID: 4656679
• Report Number(s): GEAP-4277
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

COMMUNICATIONS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COOLANT LOOPS
CRITICALITY
EVESR
FABRICATION
FUEL CANS
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUELS
INSTRUMENTS
IRRADIATION
MATERIALS TESTING
MEASURED VALUES
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
PROGRAMMING
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
STARTUP
STEAM
SUPERHEATING
TESTING