Fuel Element Development Program for the Pebble Bed Reactor
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...Development during this quarter have caused a shift in emphasis of the Pebble Bed Reactor Fuel Element Development Program from coatings on the sphere surface to coatings on individual fuel particles as the major deterrent to fission product leakage. In a high level irradiation test, cracks developed in the coatings of specimens coated with pyrolytic carbon and siliconized silicon carbide. In another high level irradiation test, a graphite sphere fueled with Al2O3 coated with UO2 particles …
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Date:
1960
Creator:
Sanderson & Porter, Inc.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department