ARMY PWR SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. MID-YEAR SUMMARY REPORT, OCTOBER 1, 1960-MARCH 31, 1961

Published: United States : [publisher not identified], 1961.
[Oak Ridge, Tennessee] : [U.S. Atomic Energy Commission], 1961.
Physical Description: microopaque : positive ; 8 x 13 cm

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Summary

A cyclic stress analysis of the SM-1 primary system was carried out. Problems encountered in the fabrication of PM-2A Core II and SM-lA Core II are described, and the results of an examination of damaged SM-lA Core I stationary fuel elements reported. A preliminary study of the radiation damage to SM-1 reactor vessel was made and the possibility of annealing the vessel discussed. Performance analyses are presented for five cores: SM-1 Core, SM-1 Core 1 rearranged and spiked, SM-1 Core II with special components, PM-2A Core 1, and SM- 1A Core 1. Preliminary critical experiments were made with SM-2 elements in a SM- 1 core configaration and nuclear and thermal analyses of the use of SM-2 elements in SM-1, SM-1A, and PM-2A completed. A throttling steam calorimeter was selected for measuring moisture carry-over on the PM-2A steam generator. Test procedures for evaluating the shielding of the SM-1, SM-lA, and PM-2A plants are summarized. Radiochemical and chemical analyses of SM-1 coolant and crud are summarized, and methods of activity control discussed. Preliminary results of studies of the propertes of reactor pressure vessels under irradiation and norirradiailon conditions are summarized briefly. (D.L.C.)

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APAE-86

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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission depository collection.

Note

DOE contract number: AT(30-1)-2639
NSA number: NSA-15-024583
OSTI Identifier 4024958
Research organization: Alco Products Inc., Schenectady, N.Y.

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