The Manufacture of Aluminum Clad Aluminum-Plutonium Alloy Irradiation Specimens (open access)

The Manufacture of Aluminum Clad Aluminum-Plutonium Alloy Irradiation Specimens

This report describes the manufacture of 25 Aluminum clad, 10 w/o plutonium-aluminum alloy and 5 w/o plutonium-aluminum alloy cored specimens for Argonne National Laboratory-University of California irradiation tests in the Materials Testing Reactor. The manufacturing method: preparation of cores and cladding material, assembly and welding of compacts, outgassing, roll bonding, shearing, identification marking and final fabrication into napkin "rings" is described in detail. Of ninety-six specimens fabricated, ninety-one were completed as finished specimens. Forty-four of these contained 5 w/o plutonium alloy cores and forty-seven contained 10 w/o plutonium alloy cores. Five specimens ere rejected for bond blistering.
Date: April 17, 1952
Creator: Shuck, Arthur B., 1918-
System: The UNT Digital Library