ADVANCED PLUTONIUM FUELS PROGRAM. Quarterly Status Report, January 1-- March 31, 1968

Technical Report · Mon Dec 30 19:00:00 EST 1968

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4904154· OSTI ID:4904154

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
• Sponsoring Organization: Sponsor not identified; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• NSA Number: NSA-22-043629
• OSTI ID: 4904154
• Report Number(s): LA--3933
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTIVATION
ALLOTROPY
ALPHA PARTICLES
ANALYSIS
ANCON-CODE
BARIUM ISOTOPES Ba-140/distribution in flowing sodium in forced convection stainless steel loops
BONDING
CAPSULES
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDES/determination in sodium reactor coolant cover gases
development of analyzer for
CESIUM ISOTOPES Cs-137/distribution in flowing sodium in forced convection stainless steel loops
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
COATING
COBALT 58
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES Co-58/ distribution of activation product
in EBR-II driver fuel pins
COBALT ISOTOPES Co-60/distribution of activation product
in EBR-II driver fuel pins
COMPUTERS
COOLANT LOOPS
CORROSION
COUNTING RATES
CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
CRITICALITY
Cermets
DENSITY
DESIGN
DETERMINATION
DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS
DIFFRACTION
DIFFUSION
DISTRIBUTION
EBR-2
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTRODES
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRON PROBES
EMISSION
EXPANSION
EXPLOSIONS
FABRICATION
FISSION PRODUCTS
FISSION PRODUCTS/ diffusion in liquid sodium from irradiated plutonium carbide--uranium carbide pellets
FUEL CANS
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUELS
GAMMA RADIATION
GAS ANALYZERS/development for sodium reactor coolant cover gases
GASES
GASES/diffusion in reactor system containment materials
test cell design for determining
GETTER
GROUP THEORY
HEAT TRANSFER
HIGH TEMPERATURE
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROGEN/determination in sodium reactor coolant cover gases
development of analyzer for
INERT GASES
IODINE ISOTOPES I-131/distribution in flowing sodium in forced convection stainless steel loops
IRRADIATION
JEZEBEL
LIQUID METALS
LOADING
LOW TEMPERATURE
MANGANESE 54
MATERIALS TESTING
MATHEMATICS
MEASUREMENT
METHANE/ determination in sodium reactor coolant cover gases
development of analyzer for
N30200* --Metals
Ceramics
& Other Materials--Ceramics & Cermets
N30200* --Metals
Ceramics
&
NEUTRONS
NEUTRONS- - NUMERICALS
NIOBIUM ALLOYS
NITRIC ACID
NITROGEN/determination in sodium reactor coolant cover gases
development of analyzer for
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUMERICALS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
OPENINGS
ORIFICES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN/determination in sodium reactor coolant cover gases
development of analyzer for
OXYGEN/diffusion and mass transfer in liquid sodium
computer analysis of
Other Materials--Ceramics &
PELLETS
PERCHLORIC ACID
PERFORMANCE- - PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM CARBIDES
PLUTONIUM CARBIDES/PuC--UC
compatibility of sodium bonded fuels of
with Type 316 stainless steel at 750--C
PLUTONIUM CARBIDES/PuC--UC
fission products diffusion from pelleted
in liquid sodium
PLUTONIUM CARBIDES/preparation and high-temperature properties of substoichiometric
PLUTONIUM NITRIDES
PLUTONIUM NITRIDES/preparation and high-temperature properties of high-density
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
PLUTONIUM OXIDES PuOsub2sub2/PuOsub2sub2--UOsub2sub2
preparation and high-temperature properties of
PLUTONIUM/distribution in flowing sodium in forced convection stainless steel loops
POWDERS
PRECIPITATION
PREPARATION
PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING
PULSES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
REACTION KINETICS
REACTIVITY
REACTORS
REACTORS
LIQUID METAL-COOLED/coolant cover gas for
analyzer development for
REACTORS- - SAFETY
REMOTE HANDLING
REPROCESSING
RESEARCH REACTORS
SAFETY
SAMPLING
SHOCK WAVES
SODIUM
SODIUM OXIDES
SODIUM OXIDES/precipitation in loop orifices
kinetics of
SODIUM/leakage from loop systems
detector development
SODIUM/sampling reactor coolant
method development for
SOLUBILITY
SPACE
SPECTRA
SPECTROSCOPY
STAINLESS STEEL-304
STAINLESS STEEL-316
STAINLESS STEEL/compatibility of Type 316
as cladding for sodium-bonded carbide fuel at 750--C
STAINLESS STEELS
TARGET
TEMPERATURE
TESTING
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMICS
TIME
TITANIUM ALLOYS
TITANIUM ALLOYS AND SYSTEMS/Ti--V-base
corrosion by low-oxygen sodium at 900--C
TOPAZ
TRAPS
TRAPS/development of cold
for oxygen removal from liquid sodium
TUNGSTEN ALLOYS
URANIUM
URANIUM 235
URANIUM CARBIDES
URANIUM CARBIDES/PuC--UC
fission products diffusion from pelleted
in liquid sodium
URANIUM DIOXIDE
URANIUM OXIDES UOsub2sub2/PuOsub2sub2--UOsub2sub2
preparation and high-temperature properties of
VANADIUM
VANADIUM ALLOYS
VANADIUM ALLOYS AND SYSTEMS/Ti--V-base
corrosion by low-oxygen sodium at 900--C
VANADIUM/corrosion by low-oxygen sodium at 900--C
VELOCITY
VESSELS
X RADIATION
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
ZPR-3