PROGRESS RELATING TO CIVILIAN APPLICATIONS DURING SEPTEMBER 1962

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4760607

Dayton, R W; Dickerson, R F

Progress is reported in the following areas: radiation effects on mechanical properties of Type 347 stainless Steel; selection of bearing materials in molten Na; effect of B/sup 10/ burnup in B-compound dispersions; development of Th-U fuels for thermal breeder reactors; development of Pu alloy fuels; fission product release from refractory fuels; effects of fabrication on radiation stability of UC; burnup effects on ceramic UO/sub 2/--CeO/sub 2/ and UO/ sub 2/--ZrO/sub 2/ fuels; radiation effects on Mo--U alloys; fabrication of cermet fuel elements; gas-pressure bonding of ceramic fuel elements; gas-pressure bonding of metals; gamma radiation effects on poiymers; sealed radiation source test parameters; creep properties of Zircaloy-2; thermal conductivity and electric conductivity of UO/sub 2/; evaluation of fuel particles of UO/sub 2/, UC, and UC/sub 2/; coating of UO/sub 2/ fuel particles With Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/, BeO, and MgO; coating fuel particles with pyrolytic carbon; graphite-matrix fuel studies; fission-gas release from coated-particle fuels during irradiation; radiation effects on coated-particle fuels; fission gas analysis; radiation effects on nonfissionable ceramics; rare gas fission product diffusion on fuel particles; coated fuel particle compatibility studies; compatibility of refractroy oxides with reactor coolants; thermal conductivity of coated fuel particle specimens; commercial availability and quality of coated fuel particles; radiationinduced strain in ceramics; corrosion resistance of metals and alloys; creep-rupture properties of sintered aluminum powder alloys; fission product deposition in out-of-pile loops; radiation stability of ceramic-matrix fuels; radiation stability of various materials, electronic components, and coatings; fabrication, properties, and phase studies of UO/sub 2/--ZrO/sub 2/ system; radiation effects on mechanical and microstructural properties of Hastelloy X cladding; radiation stability of Hastelloy X-clad UO/sub 2/--BeO compacts; properties and fabrication of F-48 niobium alloys; and joining of alloy foils. (R.J.S.)

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, Ohio
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-92
• NSA Number: NSA-17-003379
• OSTI ID: 4760607
• Report Number(s): BMI-1596(Del.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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