Eddy-Current Inspection of a Possible PWR Fuel Element (open access)

Eddy-Current Inspection of a Possible PWR Fuel Element

The following report follows the inspections of a number of eddy-current instrument procedures. The objectives of these tests were to detect both weld defects and lack of integrity of the body of the fuel elements.
Date: August 22, 1955
Creator: Stutz, David E.; Gibbs, Richard L.; Dickerson, Ronald F. & Wenk, Samuel A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extrusion Cladding of Fuel Element (open access)

Extrusion Cladding of Fuel Element

From introduction: "This investigation was undertaken with the general objective of determining whether uranium core could be sheathed with aluminum by an extrusion-cladding process. The ultimate objective of this work was to determine the feasibility of extrusion cladding flat plates of uranium."
Date: March 22, 1955
Creator: Slunder, C. J.; Fiorentino, R. J. & Hall, A. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library