Progress in the design of the Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant is reported. The topics covered include: fuel material cladding, bonding, and irradiation testing; heat transfer and fluid flow; fuel element manufacturing research and development; low-enrichment superheater fuel element; mechanical studies of control rods, guide tubes, and control rod drives; reactor physics (statistics); reactor and system dynamics; initial stability and performance test; and mechanical tests. (M.C. G.)
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission depository collection.
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DOE contract number: AT(11-1)-589 NSA number: NSA-16-014272 OSTI Identifier 4798883 Research organization: Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. Atomic Energy Div., Milwaukee.