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Title:
FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE FROM OVERHEATED URANIUM -- A LABORATORY STUDY
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
URANIUM - FISSION PRODUCTS
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:
1960 May 27
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
23
Accession Number:
RL-1-381432
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-2040
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Jul 09
Description/Abstract:
THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE INVESTIGATIONS WERE TO DETERMINE 1) THE FRACTIONS OF KEY FISSION-PRODUCT ISOTOPES RELEASED FROM IRRADIATED NORMAL URANIUM AS FUNCTIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND TIME AT TEMPERATURE, 2) THE COMPARATIVE RELEASE IN ATMOSPHERES OF AIR, STEAM AND HELIUM, 3) THE COMPARATIVE ROLE OF URANIUM OXIDATION VERSUS MOLECULAR DIFFUSION AND EVAPORATION ON THE RELEASE RATE, 4) THE TENDENCY FOR RELEASED FISSION PORDUCTS TO CONDENSE AND DEPOSIT ON TUBE WALLS, AND 5) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FILTER MEDIA IN RETAINING RELEASED FISSION PRODUCTS.