Helium Leak Detector Test for Hanford And Savannah River Fuel Slugs (open access)

Helium Leak Detector Test for Hanford And Savannah River Fuel Slugs

The Helium Leak Detector Test provides a method for detecting the presence of minute holes, cracks, fissures, etc. in the aluminum jackets of Hanford and Savannah River reactor fuel slugs which would allow moisture to penetrate to the uranium during reactor operation.
Date: December 31, 1952
Creator: Barnes, A. H.; Smith, F. A. & Wimunc, E. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgy Division Quarterly Report [for] October, November, and December, 1952 (open access)

Metallurgy Division Quarterly Report [for] October, November, and December, 1952

This quarterly progress report discusses ongoing research and experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the Metallurgy Division. This report discusses (1) water-cooled reactors, (2) liquid metal-cooled reactors, (3) reactor development - fuel metallurgy, (4) reactor development - component metallurgy, (5) basic metallurgy, (6) basic ceramics, (7) aqueous corrosion, and (8) applied metallurgy.
Date: December 31, 1952
Creator: Foote, Frank G. & Schumar, James F.
System: The UNT Digital Library