Trip report, Battelle Memorial Institute, March 8--9, 1955 [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1955.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- 4 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- United States. Department of Energy
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information - Access Online:
- www.osti.gov
- Summary:
- W.J. O`Leary and R.R. Herries visited BMI in company with C.C. McBride, SRL, to discuss the results of subcontract research on the extended surface fuel element program and to discuss with BMI personnel the programs included in the recent contract extension. A summary of results are given in the following. Double and triple melts from two 9--10 pound ingots of arc-melted Horizon`s thorium showed decreasing porosity. Physical and chemical data, on these as well as on eight previous double melted ingots, are being obtained. The problems involved in obtaining uniform castings of uranium-aluminum alloy for co-extrusion billets were discussed, with emphasis upon those phases to be investigated at BMI. A program was outlined to evaluate the effects of outgassing, by vacuum annealing, on the corrosion resistance of nickel-plated uranium. Data obtained from diffusion studies at BMI show that the mutual diffusion at high temperatures of thorium and aluminum is slow, with the diffusion of the thorium into the aluminum proceeding somewhat faster than that of the aluminum into the thorium. Possible methods of applying an inner cladding of aluminum to a tubular uranium fuel element were discussed. ``Half-dollar`` size uranium corrosion samples, nickel-plated and press-clad with 30-mil aluminum at 10 and 15 thousand psi (950 F) are exhibiting better corrosion resistance than did similar samples pressed with 6 thousand psi.
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
03/15/1955.
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Herries, R.R.
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Wilmington, DE (United States). Atomic Energy Div. - Type of Report and Period Covered Note:
- Topical; 03/01/1955 - 03/01/1955
- Funding Information:
- AC09-76SR00001
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