Reactor and fuels research and development operation

Technical Report · Sun Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:5905299

Albaugh, F W

The December, 1960, monthly report of reactor and fuels research and development activities at Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Washington, contains information on the technical activities associated with the metallurgy program including nickel-plated fuel elements, corrosion of Zircaloy fuel cans, erosion-corrosion of aluminum alloys, radiometallurgy laboratory studies, radiation effects in structural materials, electron and optical microscopy, metallic fuels development, x-ray diffraction studies, fuel components development, fuel for present reactors, and fuel deformation studies; technical activities associated with the reactor program including coolant system technology, nonmetallic materials development, thermal hydraulic studies, and shielding studies; activities associated with the plutonium recycle program including plutonium fuels development, uranium dioxide fuel development, corrosion studies, structural materials development, fuel element rupture test facilities, design and component testing, and plutonium ceramics research; and other activities in support of the safe operation of the Hanford production reactors. (MB)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Richland, WA (USA). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5905299
• Report Number(s): HW-67954-A; ON: DE91009829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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ACCIDENTS
ACTIVITY LEVELS
ALLOY-ZR98SN-2
ALLOYS
BURNOUT
CARBON
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ADDITIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CLEANING
COHERENT SCATTERING
CONSTRUCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COOLING SYSTEMS
CORROSION
CORROSION RESISTANCE
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
CREEP
CRITICALITY
DECONTAMINATION
DEPOSITION
DIFFRACTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTAL MINERALS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
FABRICATION
FLUID MECHANICS
FRETTING CORROSION
FUEL CANS
FUEL CYCLE
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL INTEGRITY
FUELS
GRAPHITE
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORS
HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS
HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TREATMENTS
HYDRAULICS
HYDRIDATION
HYDROGEN
IRON ADDITIONS
IRON ALLOYS
IRRADIATION
JOINING
KINETICS
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICS
METALLOGRAPHY
MINERALS
MIXED OXIDE FUELS
MODIFICATIONS
N-REACTOR
NICKEL ADDITIONS
NICKEL ALLOYS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR FUELS
OXIDATION
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
PHYSICS
PLATING
PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION REACTORS
PLUTONIUM RECYCLE
POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION
POWER REACTORS
PRESSURIZERS
PRIMARY COOLANT CIRCUITS
PRODUCTION REACTORS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION EFFECTS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
REACTOR CORE DISRUPTION
REACTOR FUELING
REACTOR KINETICS
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTOR MONITORING SYSTEMS
REACTOR PHYSICS
REACTOR SAFETY
REACTORS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAFETY
SCATTERING
SOLID FUELS
SURFACE COATING
TEST FACILITIES
TIN ALLOYS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WELDING
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
ZIRCALOY
ZIRCALOY 2
ZIRCONIUM ALLOY
ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS