Fabrication of research-reactor fuel elements

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5937149

Knight, R W

Research reactors of the plate type operate at low temperatures (38/sup 0/C to 85/sup 0/C). This allows the manufacture of fuel plates of aluminum rather than the more difficult fabrication of materials such as zirconium or stainless steel. The most difficult fuel element to manufacture is for the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). This fuel element is constructed of aluminum and has 540 fuel plates, 369 in the outer annulus and 171 in the inner annulus. This fuel element assembly operates at 100 megawatts and is 43.18 cm in diameter with a fuel section 50.8 cm long. Fabrication procedures are described.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5937149
• Report Number(s): CONF-8105139-13; ON: DE83014026
• Resource Relation: Conference: ASM metallurgical technology of uranium and uranium alloys seminar, Gatlinburg, TN, USA, 26 May 1981; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
HFIR REACTOR
FUEL ELEMENTS
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
FABRICATION
FUEL PLATES
URANIUM OXIDES U3O8
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ALLOYS
CHALCOGENIDES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
IRRADIATION REACTORS
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
TANK TYPE REACTORS
TEST REACTORS
THERMAL REACTORS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM OXIDES
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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220600 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Research
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360101 - Metals & Alloys- Preparation & Fabrication