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Radiochemistry for the rupture of a Zircaloy-2 clad, natural uranium thermocouple fuel element in KER-1 (open access)

Radiochemistry for the rupture of a Zircaloy-2 clad, natural uranium thermocouple fuel element in KER-1

During the 0000--0800 shift on August 21, 1960, the delayed neutron monitor on KER Loop 1 indicated a high coolant activity level. Sympathetic responses were also recorded on the Loop 2, 3 and 4 monitors indicating a possible fuel element failure in Loop 1. The KER Reactor began shutdown operations immediately thereafter. The purpose of this report is to summarize the events pertinent to this reactor outage and to discuss the results obtained from coolant and coupon samples taken from Loop 1.
Date: June 5, 1961
Creator: Demmitt, T. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library