Title:
INVESTIGATION OF PLUTONIUM-BEARING FUEL ELEMENTS FOR THE PLUTONIUM RECYCLE TEST REACTOR (PRTR)
Subject Terms:
ALUMINUM-PLUTONIUM ALLOYSALUMINUM-PLUTONIUM-SILICON SYSTEMSFUEL ELEMENT TESTINGPLUTONIUM RECYCLE TEST REACTORPLUTONIUM(IV) OXIDE-URANIUM(IV) OXIDE SYSTEMSRADIATION EFFECTS
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Publication Date:
1961 Jun 01
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Accession Number:
RL-1-381533
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-2176
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Jun 18
Description/Abstract:
DESCRIBES IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS ON ZRY-2 OR -3 CLAD Al-Pu, Al-Si-Pu AND HIGH AND LOW-DENSITY UO2-PuO2. A 4-ROD CLUSTER AND 7-ROD CLUSTER WERE IRRADIATED AT KER, THE REST OF THE EXPERIMENTS WERE CAPSULE IRRADIATIONS IN THE MTR. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES FABRICATION OF TEST SPECIMENS, TEST CONDITIONS AND PRE- AND POST IRRADIATION EXAMINATION, INCLUDING PHOTOMICROGRAPHS