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Title:
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE FAILURE OF A ZIRCONIUM CANNED, URANIUM OXIDE FUEL ELEMENT IN THE MTR
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Subject Terms:
300 AreaFuel FabricationFuels and Materials EngineeringGAS FORMATIONSMetallurgySLUG ELEMENTS UO2SLUGT FAILURE IN REACTORS
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1955 Sep 20
Declassification Date:
1960 May 04
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
6
Accession Number:
RL-1-362648
Document Number(s):
HW-39078
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 10
Description/Abstract:
DESCRIBES THE 4 HAPO FUEL ELEMENTS BEING IRRADIATED, THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY WERE LOADED, THEIR OPERATING HISTORY, OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE TIME OF THE RUPTURE, DISCHARGE PROCEDURE, AND THE EXAMINATION OF THE ELEMENTS. A FINE HAIR LINE CRACK INTHE WELD OF THE UO2 SLUG FROM WHICH GAS ENVOLVED WAS THE ONLY FAILURE OBSERVED.