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N-Reactor fuel development pp. 51 through 57, HW-80908 [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1964.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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7 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators
General Electric Company, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The imminent use of pressurized water-cooled, metallic uranium fuel elements on a large scale in the N-Reactor not only represents an extrapolation from previous Hanford fuel technology, it represents the only production-scale application of this concept in this country or abroad. Provision of a supporting technology is and will continue to be a major activity at Hanford as only a limited amount of directly applicable R&D will be available from other sites. The major benefit to be achieved through an extensive and continuing fuel program is attainment of the full capabilities entailed in the basic fuel concept at much reduced costs. The initial N-Reactor fuel design represents an estimate of what is required for adequate performance. While the design is intentionally conservative, some features may not fully provide the level of performance required to sustain relatively unhampered reactor operation. Production-scale irradiation experience will provide the feed-back required to give direction to a continuing program to correct any excesses or deficiencies in the initial fuel design. Reduction of unwarranted conservatism in the design will lower fuel fabrication costs; correction of deficiencies will lower irradiation costs through increased time operated efficiency. In addition to design optimization, direct savings in fuel fabrication costs will result from developing improved processing methods that will permit higher process yields at the same or higher quality levels. Establishment of an economic design point relative to the initially-goaled operating conditions will not in itself attain the objective of achieving the full capability of the coextruded fuel concept.
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E 1.99:hw--81547-rd
hw--81547-rd
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Published through SciTech Connect.
03/30/1964.
"hw--81547-rd"
"DE94011308"
Type of Report and Period Covered Note
Topical; 03/01/1964 - 03/01/1964
Funding Information
AC06-76RL01830
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