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Inclusions in reactor grade uranium [electronic resource].

Published:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1953.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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11 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:
Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary:
The problem of inclusions in uranium has recently received considerable attention in as much as they affect the quality of the metal. Quality is defined for the purposes of this report as that combination of properties which produces both the smallest number of slug failures in a Hanford reactor and the smallest number of slug rejects to occur on testing at the various production stages. It is generally assumed that the presence of inclusions in uranium, particularly the so-called striations, adversely affect the quality of the metal. It appears important, therefore, to find an economical method which will either remove the inclusions or change them into an innocuous form. The first approach would involve the melting and casting procedure of the metal and the second its working and heat-treating. Since this laboratory has considerable experience both with the melting of uranium under extreme conditions of purity and control and with the effects of heat treatment on uranium under well defined conditions, it appeared desirable to observe the phenomena which occur when reactor grade uranium is melted or heat treated, or melted and heat treated. This work is not intended to be an extensive research program but rather to render service by utilizing the special facilities of the laboratory.
Report Numbers:
E 1.99:anl-ff--5q
anl-ff--5q
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Published through SciTech Connect.
06/22/1953.
"anl-ff--5q"
Blumenthal, B.; Allen, Brewster; Angermann, Carl.
Funding Information:
W-31-109-ENG-38
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