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Metallurgy Division Quarterly Report for January, February, and March 1957

Description: Advanced Water Reactor Program. The second fuel loading for the EBWR is planned as ThO/sub 2/--UO/sub 2/. Some properties of ThO/sub 2/-- UO/sub 2/ systems are presented. Fast Power Breeder Reactor Program. The development of casting techniques for EBR-1, Mark III extrusion billet cores are described. The investigation of methods for the remote refabrication of irradiated reactor fuels was undertaken with the objective of designing, constructing, and testing techniques and equipment for the ref… more
Date: March 31, 1957
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Quarterly Report for October, November, and December 1957

Description: 3 9 8 4 3 3 3 6 9 6 5 5 have been started on possible urania-ceramic fuels with magnesia, alumina, zirconia, magnesia-- zirconia and calcia--zirconia. Mixtures of 45 magnesia--45 zirconia and 9 magnesia--81 zirconia by weight appeared to give good preliminary promise. Work on ThO/sub 2/--10 wt.% UO/sub 2/ has centered about improvement in density of pellets and elimination of cracking and open porosity. Efforts to increase the percentage of urania in thoria--urania have met with considerable su… more
Date: October 31, 1959
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