Pressure Vessel Steel Surveillance Program for General Electric Power Reactors (open access)

Pressure Vessel Steel Surveillance Program for General Electric Power Reactors

Abstract: "Pressure vessel steel surveillance programs are performed in nuclear power reactors to provide knowledge of the mechanical properties of the pressure vessel material as neutron irradiation proceeds. A standard surveillance program is described. Design of specimens, capsules, and associated equipment, as well as selection of test material and techniques for special preparation and testing, are discussed."
Date: January 8, 1965
Creator: Brandt, F. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Performance UO2 Program Quarterly Progress Report No. 11 October-December 1963 (open access)

High Performance UO2 Program Quarterly Progress Report No. 11 October-December 1963

Work performed during the quarter is summarized by: direct measurement of fission gas pressure, loop operations, performance of UO2 fuel, UO2 grain growth and melting studies.
Date: January 15, 1964
Creator: Weidenbaum, B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Measurement Of Free Fission Gas Pressure In Operating Reactor Fuel Elements (open access)

The Measurement Of Free Fission Gas Pressure In Operating Reactor Fuel Elements

The experimental program described has had as its objective the determination of the pressure exerted by free fission gas in operating UO2-filled reactor fuel elements.
Date: January 23, 1963
Creator: Reynolds, M. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Performance UO2 Program Quarterly Progress Report No.7 : October-December 1962 (open access)

High Performance UO2 Program Quarterly Progress Report No.7 : October-December 1962

Work performed during the quarter is summarized by direct measurement of fission gas pressure, loop operations, performance of UO2 fuel.
Date: January 15, 1963
Creator: Weidenbaum, B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design Report: Superheat Strain - Cycle Capsule (open access)

Design Report: Superheat Strain - Cycle Capsule

In order to investigate the low frequency strain cycle fatigue for tubular sheath geometries an apparatus was designed and fabricated for laboratory and reactor experiments. The design of this apparatus is described herein.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Marburger, L.L.; Haglund, E. A.; Hafer, D. E.; Liffengren, D. J. & Armour, S. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maritime Loop Irradiation Program Savannah I Fuel Irradiation Quarterly Progress Report October 1, 1961 - December 31, 1961 (open access)

Maritime Loop Irradiation Program Savannah I Fuel Irradiation Quarterly Progress Report October 1, 1961 - December 31, 1961

This report covers the S-I-5-B-M fuel irradiation in the GETR Maritime Loop during the second quarter of fiscal year 1962. The data are summarized in Section II. Discussions on fuel performance, fuel environment (water chemistry), problems with loop operations, and the crud deposition program are included.
Date: January 31, 1962
Creator: Danielson, D. W. & Gilbert, R. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Program For the Development of Plutonium Recycle For Use in Light Water Moderated Reactors: Third Quarterly Report (open access)

Program For the Development of Plutonium Recycle For Use in Light Water Moderated Reactors: Third Quarterly Report

This is a report of work completed during the period October 1, 1961, to December 31, 1961. The Program fuel element was completed and assembled. After extensive analysis, it was concluded that the fuel was satisfactory for use in the Program.
Date: January 5, 1962
Creator: Carver, J. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Performance UO2 Program Third Quarterly Progress Report: October-December 1961 (open access)

High Performance UO2 Program Third Quarterly Progress Report: October-December 1961

The primary purpose of this joint USAEC-Euratom program is to obtain a better understanding of the maximum achievable operating characteristics of UO2 as a reactor fuel. During the program work will be performed in two areas that have been of concern to reactor core designers for a long time, namely, fission gas release and central melting in fuel rods.
Date: January 2, 1962
Creator: Weidenbaum, B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Swaging Over Unground Pellets (open access)

Swaging Over Unground Pellets

This study was designed to determine how swaging stainless steel over unground pellets will affect the integrity of fuel rods, and to find maximum pellet diameter variation that can be tolerated.
Date: January 25, 1961
Creator: Brown, R. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Investigations of the Removal of Sodium Oxide From Liquid Sodium (open access)

Experimental Investigations of the Removal of Sodium Oxide From Liquid Sodium

Experimental investigations were conducted to obtain additional information on the growth and characteristics of sodium oxide deposits in liquid sodium which could lead to system plugging. These investigations included the removal of sodium oxide from molten sodium by the cold trap method.
Date: January 18, 1960
Creator: Billuris, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Enclosure Section of the Hazards Summary Report for the Dresden Nuclear Power Station (open access)

Enclosure Section of the Hazards Summary Report for the Dresden Nuclear Power Station

The General Electric Company is designing and building a 180,000 kilowatt nuclear power plant for the Commonwealth Edison Company at a site near the confluence of the Kankakee and Des Plaines Rivers in Grundy County, Illinois, about 47 miles southwest of Chicago. The plant will be known as the Dresden Nuclear Power Station, and will employ a nuclear reactor of the dual-cycle boiling water type.
Date: January 24, 1957
Creator: Commonwealth Edison Company
System: The UNT Digital Library