Thoria development activities. Annual report, fiscal year 1978

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6117199· OSTI ID:6117199

Hart, P E

Pacific Northwest Laboratory's (PNL) ThO/sub 2/ development activities for FY-1978 are reviewed. These activities are in support of the FRAD (Fuels Refabrication and Development) program's goal of developing proliferation resistant fuel cycles. Included are results for the five ThO/sub 2/ fuel related elements that are assigned to PNL. During FY-1978, work on these elements has been directed primarily toward establishing the TOFDL (Thorium Oxide Fuel Development Laboratory) facility where unit operations for ThO/sub 2/-based fuels will be defined and fuels for test irradiations fabricated. Additional activities include evaluation of ThO/sub 2/ powders derived by various oxalate precipitation conditions, the fabricability of commercially available ThO/sub 2/ powders, hybrid pellet fuel fabrication and definition of an irradiation test plan.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-06-1830
• OSTI ID: 6117199
• Report Number(s): PNL-2973
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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