>Progress is reported in the extrusion of Cu-clad Zr billets into tubing, welding of Zr strip into tubing using a roder resistance welding tube mill, piercing of Zr billets into a base tube, the casting and fabrication of U-- Nb alloys, the rolling of Zircaloy sheet, the roll-cladding of Zircaloy to U--Nb alloys, the fabrication of plate type reactor fuel elements of U--Hb alloys roll bonded with Zircaloy, fabrication of a complete U/sup 235/--Zr fuel slug for the EBR, the fabrication of U-- Zr alloy rod into EBR fuel blanket slugs, the thermal cycling of U-- Zr rods following heat treatment, the fubrication of enriched U reactor fuses, the preparation and dimensional stability of U single crystals, twinning in U crystals, diffusion in Cu- U couples, the fabrication of U billets from electrolytic crystals, the preparation of U-- Zr and Hb--U alloys, effects of radiation on U, the effects of radiation on U-- Zr alloys, the corrosion of Al, Zr, and Nb-U alloys, and the effects of heat treatments on Hb-- U alloys. (C.H.)