Title:
URANIUM-PLUTONIUM CERAMIC FUELS
Subject Terms:
FUELS AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Publication Date:
1964 Apr 07
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Accession Number:
RL-1-382306
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-3305
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO; INCOMING: Author Off Site; UNC: United Nuclear Corporation
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 26
Description/Abstract:
REVIEWS CURRENT STATUS OF U-PU CERAMIC FUEL TECHNOLOGY IN THE U.S. CONSIDERS THE FABRICATION OF (U-PU) OXIDE AND CARBIDE FUEL ELEMENTS, AN EVALUATION OF THE ELEMENTS, FUEL ELEMENT TESTING UNDER CURRENT POWER REACTOR CONDITIONS AND UNDER ADVANCED CONDITIONS, POST FAILURE BEHAVIOR AND FUEL ELEMENT DESIGNS. PHOTOS OF ELEMENTS, MICROGRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS ARE SHOWN