FUEL-BEARING FIBERGLAS IN ALUMINUM BASE FUEL ELEMENTS. Eighth Quarterly Report, July 1, 1961 to September 30, 1961

Technical Report · Mon Oct 30 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4820965

Baskey, R H

Fuel plates contannnnnng aluminum-coated, uraniumbearing fiberglas core sections were clad with two types of cladding material, i.e., Al clad 5l54 or Al clad fiberglasreinforced aluminum The Al clad 5154 fuel plates indicated the most promise. They had tensile strengths of 29,100 psi at room temperature while the Al clad fnnberglasreinforced aluminum plate strength was l2,450 psi at room temperature. ln addition, the Al clad 5l54 fuel plates were stronger at all temperatures up to 600 deg F. The Al clad 5154 fuel plates cold rolled 5% could be formed on MTR dies while the cold rolled Al clad fiberglas-reinforced plates cracked at the crown during forming. Stress rupture tests of hot pressed alumnnnum coated, uranium-bearing fiberglas, now in progress, indicated that strengths up to 400 hours are as good as short time tensile values. (auth)

• Research Organization: Clevite Corp. Mechanical Research Div., Cleveland
• NSA Number: NSA-16-006111
• OSTI ID: 4820965
• Report Number(s): ORO-506
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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