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Applications of Strain Cycling Considerations to Superheat Fuel Design

Description: A potential performance limitation of superheat fuel is the susceptibility of the fuel cladding to low cycle fatigue failure. Two simplified analytical methods are presented to estimate the cyclic lifetime of circular superheat fuel cladding. One failure relation is based on a displacement method. The other failure relation is based on a stress method. These relations were compared with data from the literature, and with data involving damage obtained by Reynolds. A recommended design procedur… more
Date: June 1963
Creator: Rieger, G. F.
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Design and Fabrication of Coextruded Stainless Steel Clad UO2 Fuel Rods

Description: A process was developed in which stainless steel-clad UO2 fuel rods are fabricated by high-temperature coextrusion. The process has a potential of being a more economical method for the preparation of stainless steel-clad UO2 fuel rods than the conventional pellet process. Consequently, it was considered advantageous to evaluate the irradiation characteristics of fuel rods fabricated in this manner. Therefore, 24 coextruded fuel rods were manufactured for evaluation in a reactor. The required a… more
Date: June 1963
Creator: Baroch, C. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Half-Life and Gamma Ray Abundance of Cs-137

Description: The nuclide Cs-137 is a fission product commonly used for measurement of uranium burnup in irradiated uranium fuel by the fission product to uranium ratio method. In the application of this method, the largest single error introduced in the measurement of burnup is the uncertainty in the half-life of Cs-137. Because of the uncertainty in this value and its importance in nuclear fuel burnup analysis, a reinvestigation was undertaken to obtain a more accurate value using the mass spectrometric me… more
Date: June 2, 1962
Creator: Rider, B. F.; Peterson, J. P. & Ruiz, C. P.
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In-Core Instrumentation Development Program, Detectors for In-Core Power Monitoring

Description: Introduction: The object of Project Agreement 22, Task 1, is to develop improved detectors which can operate up to 1000 F for in-core power monitoring. Several ideas have been developed to achieve this goal: (1) root mean square fluctuation voltage measurement of ion chamber signals, (2) thermocouple-type detectors, and (3) fabrication developments.
Date: June 1963
Creator: DuBridge, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Superheat Quarterly Project Report: Ninth Quarter, July-September 1961

Description: From introduction: "This is the ninth of a series of quarterly reports which will cover the progress and results from the conceptual design, economic evaluations and research and development work performed by the General Electric Company as part of the Nuclear Superheat Project."
Date: June 1962
Creator: Pennington, R. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Operating Procedures and Emergency Plans for the Dresden Nuclear Power Station

Description: The General Electric Company is designing and building a 180,000 kilowatt nuclear power plant for the Commonwealth Edison Company at a site 47 miles southwest of Chicago. The construction permit was issued on May 4, 1956 but is subject to submittal to the Commission of a final hazards summary report and a finding by the Commission that the final design provides reasonable assurances that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation of the reactor in accordance with th… more
Date: June 5, 1958
Creator: Commonwealth Edison Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Report: 300 KWe Capsule Nuclear Power Plant Study

Description: This report describes progress made in the study of the feasibility of the concept, plant arrangement studies, and considerations pertaining to partial plant attendance. It is concluded that both the indirect and direct boiling cycles are feasible. The recommended reference design is the direct cycle, in a single capsule, with the turbine, generator and pumps on a single shaft.
Date: June 30, 1960
Creator: General Electric Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Program of Two-Phase Flow Investigation Quarterly Report: First Quarterly Report, March-June, 1963

Description: Task A: Modification and Preparation of Experimental Facility. Facility engineering and layout is about seventy-five percent complete. Task B: Design and Construction of Test Sections. The major dimensions and characteristics of the metal and glass test sections have been calculated. One feasibility test of the electrically conducting coating on samples of glass tubing has been completed. Task C: Design and Construction of Test Stand, Task E: Pressure and Temperature Instrumentation for Test S… more
Date: June 24, 1963
Creator: Staub, F. W. & Zuber, N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Resonance Integral Calculations for Evaluation of Doppler Coefficients: The Rapture Code

Description: A code (RAPTURE) was programmed for the Philco TRANSAC 2000 computer to perform calculations needed for the evaluation of Doppler Coefficients in fast reactors with degraded neuron spectra. This code computes resonance integrals, averages them over resonance parameter distributions, and computes fission and capture cross sections as a function of fuel temperature and of potential scattering cross section per absorber isotope.
Date: June 12, 1962
Creator: Ferziger, Joel H.; Greebler, P.; Kelley, M. D. & Walton, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Steam Slip and Burnout in Bulk Boiling Systems

Description: In concurrent flow of two phase mixtures there exists a velocity difference between the vapor and liquid phases. This difference in velocity is known as the slip velocity. The prediction of slip is the subject of Part I. In boiling systems there is some heat transfer rate at which nucleste boiling becomes unstable. At this point the separate bubbles coalesce forming an insulating vapor film on the heat transfer surface resulting in the destruction, or burnout, of the heater. The prediction of t… more
Date: June 5, 1957
Creator: Gelson, A. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Two-Phase Pressure Losses Quarterly Progress Report: Fifth Quarter, February 12, 1963 - May 12, 1963

Description: Technical report describing that void measurements were made in the 1/2-inch by 1-3/4-inch rectangular channel, for both flow up and flow down, at pressures of 600, 1000, and 1400 psia, and at various flows and quantities. Results at 1000 psia and 20 percent quality show that for the lowest flow both the void distribution and the average void are much different for flow down than for flow up, the void fraction for flow down being much higher. However, when the flow is increased both the void d… more
Date: June 1, 1963
Creator: Janssen, E. (Engineer) & Kervinen, J. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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