HEAVY WATER MODERATED POWER REACTORS. Progress Report, August 1961

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1961

OSTI ID:4829062

Isakoff, L comp

At the end of August 1961, construction of the HWCTR was about 85% complete. Satisfactory performance was exhibited by two thin-walled tubes of unalloyed uranium metal during a Savannah River irradiation; the maximum exposure of these tubes essentially matched the highest level yet achieved by any of the fuel elements developed in the power reactor program to date. Fabrication of compacted uranium oxide tubes in Zircaloy sheaths for irradiation in the VBWR and at Savannah River neared completion. Further data were obtained on the bucklings of clusters of 0.5-inch-diameter rods of natural uranium oxide in D/sub 2/O moderator. (auth)

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co. Atomic Energy Div., Wilmington, Del.
• NSA Number: NSA-16-002730
• OSTI ID: 4829062
• Report Number(s): DP-655
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BUCKLING
CANNING
COMPACTING
CONFIGURATION
FABRICATION
FUEL CANS
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR
HWCTR
IRRADIATION
MATERIALS TESTING
METALS
NATURAL URANIUM FUEL
NEUTRON FLUX
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH REACTORS
RODS
THICKNESS
TUBES
URANIUM
URANIUM OXIDES
VBWR
ZIRCALOY