Fabrication of light water reactor tritium targets

Conference · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5854761

Pilger, J P

The mission of the Fabrication Development Task of the Tritium Target Development Project is: to produce a documented technology basis, including specifications and procedures for target rod fabrication; to demonstrate that light water tritium targets can be manufactured at a rate consistent with tritium production requirements; and to develop quality control methods to evaluate target rod components and assemblies, and establish correlations between evaluated characteristics and target rod performance. Many of the target rod components: cladding tubes, end caps, plenum springs, etc., have similar counterparts in LWR fuel rods. High production rate manufacture and inspection of these components has been adequately demonstrated by nuclear fuel rod manufacturers. This summary describes the more non-conventional manufacturing processes and inspection techniques developed to fabricate target rod components whose manufacturability at required production rates had not been previously demonstrated.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5854761
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-20130; CONF-9111170-1; ON: DE92005451
• Resource Relation: Conference: SUBWOG 12D meeting on tritium technology, Reading (United Kingdom), 3-8 Nov 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FABRICATION
ALUMINATES
CLADDING
INSPECTION
MANUFACTURING
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
PELLETS
PROCESS CONTROL
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QUALITY ASSURANCE
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ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CONTROL
DEPOSITION
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER REACTORS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
SURFACE COATING
TARGETS
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS
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Light-Water Moderated
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