HEAVY WATER MODERATED POWER REACTORS. Progress Report for October 1959

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1959

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4176637· OSTI ID:4176637

Hood, R R; Isakoff, L comps

Continued progress is reported on the design and construction of the Heavy Water Components Test Reactor; 78% of the firm design and 17% of the construction were complete at the end of October 1959. Approximateiy 15% of the firm design for the isolated coolant loops of the HWCTR was also complete. The results of further fabrication tests and irradiation tests of fuel tubes of natural uranium metal are reported. One of the metal tubes failed under irradiation, while other irradiations of metal fuels progressed satisfactorily. (auth)

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Atomic Energy Div., Wilmington, Del.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(07-2)-1
• NSA Number: NSA-14-009203
• OSTI ID: 4176637
• Report Number(s): DP-435
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
ATMOSPHERE
ATOMS
CARBON 14
CARBON DIOXIDE
COOLANT LOOPS
DISTRIBUTION
FABRICATION
FAILURES
FALLOUT
FUEL ELEMENTS
GASES
HALF-LIFE
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR
HWCTR
MATERIALS TESTING
MOLECULES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
QUANTITY RATIO
SEA
STORAGE
STRATOSPHERE
SURFACES
TABLES
TESTING
TROPOSPHERE
URANIUM