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Title:
IRRADIATION OF FUEL ELEMENTS CONTAINING UO2 POWDER
Subject Terms:
SLUG ELEMENTS - FAILURE IN REACTORSURANIUM (IV) OXIDE POWDERSURANIUM (IV) OXIDES - RADIATION EFFECTS
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 Dec 01
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
17
Accession Number:
RL-1-382618
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-57
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 28
Description/Abstract:
TEST ELEMENTS CONTAINING TAMPED URANIUM DIOXIDE POWDER OF RELATIVELY LOW DENSITY WERE IRRADIATED AT SURFACE HEAT FLUXES EXCEEDING 700,000 BTU HR-1FT-2 AND WITH AN APPRECIABLE PART OF THE FUEL ABOVE THE MELTING POINT. FORMATION OF LARGE, COLUMNAR, RADIALLY ORIENTED GRAINS OF UO2 OCCURRED IN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REGIONS BELOW THE MELTING POINT.