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Title:
PILE TECHNOLOGY SECTION - ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1955
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
FUELS AND MATERIALS ENGINEERINGGRAPHITEHANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORSPHYSICAL PROPERTIESREACTOR ENGINEERINGREACTOR TECHNOLOGYSLUG DEVELOPMENTSLUG ELEMENTS
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:
1956 Mar 15
Declassification Date:
1992 Sep 28
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
58
Accession Number:
RL-1-363414
Document Number(s):
HW-41877
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 19
Description/Abstract:
SLUG RUPTURES AND FUEL DEVELOPMENT ARE BRIEFLY DISCCUSED. THE ECONOMICS OF FUEL PRODUCTION ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. REACTOR SAFETY, INSTRUMENTATION, AND CRITICALITY STUDIES ARE SUMMARIZED. ANALYTICAL STUDIES OF HEAT TRANSFER ARE ALSO SUMMARIZED. REACTOR COOLANT AND GRAPHITE STUDIES ARE DISCUSSED. WORK ON THE RADIATION EFFECTS OF THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GRAPHITE IS REPORTED. RECIRCULATION PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED. PHYSICS RESEARCH INCLUDED WORK ON REACTOR THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS AND EXPONENTIAL PHYSICS. METALLURGY RESEARCH INCLUDED WORK IN THE MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FISSIONABLE MATERIALS, REACTOR STRUCTURAL MATERIALS, FUEL MATERIALS, SEPARATIONS PLANT STRUCTURE MATERIALS, WELDING DEVELOPMENT, AND PU METALLURGY. FUEL PROCESSING AND DEVELOPMENT ARE DISCUSSED. MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT ARE SUMMARIZED.