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Title:
REACTOR AND FUELS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OPERATION - MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1958 - 2000 PROGRAM
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Subject Terms:
ALUMINUM-NICKEL-URANIUM COUPLESGRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSIONGRAPHITE - RADIATION EFFECTSGRAPHITE - STORED ENERGYKE ReactorKW ReactorPOLYPHENYLS - CORROSIVE EFFECTSSLUGS - RUPTURETIN-ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS - CORROSIONURANIUM - CORROSIONURANIUM - MECHANICAL PROPERTIESURANIUM - RADIATION EFFECTSZIRCONIUM - CORROSIONZIRCONIUM - HEAT TREATMENT
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:
1958 Mar 15
Declassification Date:
1992 Dec 14
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
35
Accession Number:
RL-1-366937
Document Number(s):
HW-55162-A1
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 28
Description/Abstract:
RESULTS ARE REPORTED ON THE CORROSION OF ZIRCONIUM, ZIRCALOY-2, AND URANIUM BY ONOISOPROPYL BIPHENYL. MICROSCOPIC STUDIES ARE BEING MADE OF CLADDING AND FUEL MATERIALS OF U-MGSI AND CORED INSULATED URANIUM. INVESTIGATIONS ON THE EFFECT OF HEAT TREATMENT ON THE CORROSION RESISTANCE OF ZIRCALOY ARE CONTINUING. DIFFUSION IS BEING STUDIED IN U/NI/AL COUPLES. TESTS WERE MADE TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT NEUTRON DAMAGE AFFECTS THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF URANIUM AT ELEVATED TEMPEATURES. THREE HOT-PRESSED, WAFER, I&E SLUGS WERE TESTED TO EVALUATE FLOW BLOCKAGE OF THE OUTER ANNULUS AND THE EFFECT OF NICKEL PLATE " BULKHEADS" BETWEEN WAFERS. SAMPLES OF REACTOR GRAPHITE WERE MONITORED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTIMATING THE STORED ENERGY