IRRADIATION BEHAVIOR OF METASTABLE BETA PHASE URANIUM-BASE ALLOYS. FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN METALLURGY. Interim Technical Report to United States Atomic Energy Commission, July 1, 1960-June 30, 1961

Technical Report · Fri Aug 18 04:00:00 EDT 1961

OSTI ID:4819026

Green, H M; Nowak, W B

A study of the swelling behavior of neutron irradiated metastable beta- phase uranium-base alloys was undertaken in an effort to determine whether such materials possessed the necessary volume stability of a potential fuel for power reactor applications. Materials irradiated were unalloyed uranium, U-0.3 wt% Cr, and U -0.3 wt% Cr -0.3 wt% Mo, with various metallurgical histories. Expected irradiation conditions were approximately 450 deg C central metal temperature, 0.01 and 0.3 at.% burnups of total uranium atoms, and a thermal neutron flux of l0/sup 13/cm/sup 2/sec. The experimental program is described, and the results available thus far are reported with a limited analysis of the data. (auth)

• Research Organization: Nuclear Metals, Inc., Concord, MAss.
• NSA Number: NSA-16-007935
• OSTI ID: 4819026
• Report Number(s): NMI-1249
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ALLOTROPY
BURNUP
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
IRRADIATION
METALLURGY
METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS
POWER PLANTS
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
STABILITY
THERMAL NEUTRONS
URANIUM
URANIUM ALLOYS
URANIUM-BETA
VOLUME