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Laboratory Development of the Thorex Process
Changes made in the Thorex process flowsheet were a decrease in the extraction column acidity to decrease thorium losses and the addition of a second thorium solvent-extraction cycle to provide the increased decontamination required when thorium irradiated to 2000-4000 g of U233 per ton is processed. Bonded slugs could not be dissolved by the Thorex flowsheet procedure. Various laboratory scale studies on feed preparation, first-cycle variables, and radiation damage to the solvent are reported.
Date:
June 12, 1956
Creator:
Wischow, R. P. & Mansfield, R. G.
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The UNT Digital Library
A Method for Determining the Optimum Dimensional Parameters of a Scalloped Channel so as to Minimize Fuel-Element Bowing in a Septafoil Arrangement
The use of a scalloped cross-sectional coolant channel has been suggested as possible solution of the fuel-element bowing problem inherent in the septafoil type of geometry. Using simplified assumptions, a method has been developed for calculating the rod spacing and scallop size necessary to produce equal average fuel-element surface temperatures in the central and peripheral regions of the coolant flow channel at the mid-section of each fuel-rod cluster under a given set of reactor flow conditions. Since the extent of row-bowing is related to the surface temperature distribution, this requirement should minimize fuel-element deflection.
Date:
June 12, 1959
Creator:
Wantland, J. L. & Kidd, G.J. Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library