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Title: Thorium-1.4 wt per cent 235Uranium Metal Fuel Tubes - Fabrication and Irradiation in HWCTR

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/810365· OSTI ID:810365

This report describes the joint effort between Nuclear Metals and the Savannah River Laboratory in the development of a coextrusion process for fabrication of three thorium-1.4 wt. per cent 235Uranium alloy fuel tubes with Zircaloy-2 cladding. The report also includes the results of the irradiation of the tubes in the HWCTR.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AT(07-2)-1
OSTI ID:
810365
Report Number(s):
DP-943 Supplement 1; TRN: US200309%%217
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 6 Mar 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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