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Centrifugal Casting for Plutonium and Plutonium-Uranium Plates (open access)

Centrifugal Casting for Plutonium and Plutonium-Uranium Plates

The objective of this investigation was to determine the feasibility of centrifugal casting to produce fuel element plates suitable for use in a power reactor. Preliminary investigations involving the centrifugal casting of metal plates suitable for use in a power reactor proved to be successful. Lead plates cast at medium speeds contained very few voids and exhibited a surface which conformed very closely to that of the mold.
Date: November 28, 1956
Creator: Quinlan, F. B. & Tverberg, J. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library