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

Technical Report · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1963

OSTI ID:4690693

Puechl, K H

A set of irradiation specimens and the combination coolant flow directors-capsule holders are ready for shipment to the GETR. Outfitting of the alpha boxes for the hot cell and hot metallography cell is continuing. An alpha box which will house equipment for chemical separations and fuel burnup analysis was designed for the Junior Cave. Fuel pellets were fabricated so that corrosion studies under various water chemistry conditions can be initiated. Duplex pellets consisting of UO/sub 2/-- PO/sub 2/ and various inert materials were sintered to ascertain the degree of reaction between constituents. The PuO/sub 2/ preparation studies were extended to include the peroxide route. Preliminary results indicate that the product PuO/sub 2/ powder has characteristics similar to powder produced by the oxalate route, however, sinterability trials were not made. (N.W.R.)

• Research Organization: Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp., Apollo, Penna.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-030916
• OSTI ID: 4690693
• Report Number(s): NUMEC-P-54
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BURNUP
COOLANTS
CORROSION
FABRICATION
FLUID FLOW
FUEL ELEMENTS
GETR
IRRADIATION
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
METALLOGRAPHY
METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
OXALATES
OXIDES
PELLETS
PEROXIDES
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
PREPARATION
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
REACTORS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SINTERING
URANIUM DIOXIDE
WATER