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Title: Fabrication procedures for manufacturing High Flux Isotope Reactor fuel elements - 2

Abstract

The original fabrication procedures written in 1968 delineated the manufacturing procedures at that time. Since 1968, there have been a number of procedural changes. This rewrite of the fabrication procedures incorporates these changes. The entire fuel core of this reactor is made up of two fuel elements. Each element consists of one annular array of fuel plates. These annuli are identified as the inner and outer fuel elements, since one fits inside the other. The inner element consists of 171 identical fuel plates, and the outer element contains 369 identical fuel plates differing slightly from those in the inner element. Both sets of fuel plates contain U{sub 3}O{sub 8} powder as the fuel, dispersed in an aluminum powder matrix and clad with aluminum. Procedures for manufacturing and inspection of the fuel elements are described and illustrated.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (US)
OSTI Identifier:
757311
Report Number(s):
ORNL-6852
TRN: US0003836
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Dec 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; HFIR REACTOR; FABRICATION; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUEL CANS; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; DISPERSION NUCLEAR FUELS; URANIUM OXIDES

Citation Formats

Knight, R W, and Morin, R A. Fabrication procedures for manufacturing High Flux Isotope Reactor fuel elements - 2. United States: N. p., 1999. Web. doi:10.2172/757311.
Knight, R W, & Morin, R A. Fabrication procedures for manufacturing High Flux Isotope Reactor fuel elements - 2. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/757311
Knight, R W, and Morin, R A. 1999. "Fabrication procedures for manufacturing High Flux Isotope Reactor fuel elements - 2". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/757311. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/757311.
@article{osti_757311,
title = {Fabrication procedures for manufacturing High Flux Isotope Reactor fuel elements - 2},
author = {Knight, R W and Morin, R A},
abstractNote = {The original fabrication procedures written in 1968 delineated the manufacturing procedures at that time. Since 1968, there have been a number of procedural changes. This rewrite of the fabrication procedures incorporates these changes. The entire fuel core of this reactor is made up of two fuel elements. Each element consists of one annular array of fuel plates. These annuli are identified as the inner and outer fuel elements, since one fits inside the other. The inner element consists of 171 identical fuel plates, and the outer element contains 369 identical fuel plates differing slightly from those in the inner element. Both sets of fuel plates contain U{sub 3}O{sub 8} powder as the fuel, dispersed in an aluminum powder matrix and clad with aluminum. Procedures for manufacturing and inspection of the fuel elements are described and illustrated.},
doi = {10.2172/757311},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/757311}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1999},
month = {Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1999}
}