Title:
POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION OF A C-OVERBORE TUBE
Subject Terms:
C REACTORHANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORSHYDRIDATIONSTRENGTHTUBESZIRCALOY-2
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Publication Date:
1965 Feb 11
Declassification Date:
2003 Apr 15
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Accession Number:
RL-1-325782
Document Number(s):
BNWC-31
Originating Research Org.:
PNL: Pacific Northwest Laboratories
OpenNet Entry Date:
2003 Dec 22
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 19
Description/Abstract:
BOROSCOPE EXAMINATION OF THE ZRY-2 SHOWED ONLY SUPERFICIAL SCRATHCES ON THE INTERIOR OF THE TUBE. THERE WERE NO EFFECTS OF IRRADIATION ON STRUCTURE OR GRAIN SIZE BUT ULTIMATE STRENGTH INCREASED 14%. NO SIGNIFICANT CORROSION WAS OBSERVED BUT SMALL AREAS OF LOCALIZED HYDRIDING WERE FOUND. THIS TUBE HAD BEEN IN THE REACTOR APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS.