PATHFINDER ATOMIC POWER PLANT TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORT, JANUARY 1961-MARCH 1961

Technical Report · Sat Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 1961

OSTI ID:4841268

Technical progress is reported of research and development in connection with the design of the Sioux Falls Power Reactor. Areas covered include fuel- material cladding, bonding, and irradiation testing; heat-transfer and fluidflow studies; fuel-element manufacturing research and development; construction of nuclear handling tools; design of a low-enrichment superheater fuel element; vessel, structure, recirculation system, and control rod studies; analyses of reactor and systems dynamics, and critical experiments; and initial stability and performance tests. (B.O.G.)

• Research Organization: Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. Atomic Energy Div., Milwaukee
• NSA Number: NSA-15-030232
• OSTI ID: 4841268
• Report Number(s): ACNP-6117
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BONDING
CANNING
CONTROL ELEMENTS
CRBR
CRITICALITY
FABRICATION
FLUID FLOW
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEAT TRANSFER
IRRADIATION
MEASURED VALUES
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE VESSELS
REACTIVITY
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
REMOTE HANDLING
STABILITY
SUPERHEATING
TESTING