"Pin-cushion" Irradiation Tests of Uranium-chromium Alloys

Author: S. H. Paine

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Published: 1958

Total Pages: 46

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Irradiation tests on small pins of wrought and heat-treated U235-Cr alloys mounted in special heat transfer blocks or ''cushions'' are described. Three compositions, estimated at 0.03, 0.07, and 0.22 wt.% Cr, were tested in three metallurgical conditions: alpha-annealed, beta-quenched, and isothermally transformed. Radiation damage to the specimens having the first two heat treatments was very similar to that observed in unalloyed uranium of comparable history, and the isothermally treated specimens were similar to beta-annealed uranium in behavior. In spite of this essentially null result, which is associated with failure to obtain grain refinement in the specimens, there is evidence that under proper conditions chromium additions to uranium may be beneficial.


"Pin-cushion" Irradiation of Cast Uranium-plutonium Alloy Specimens

Author: S. H. Paine

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Published: 1958

Total Pages: 36

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The irradiation behavior of small pin specimens of chill-cast U-10 wt.% Pu and U-15 wt.% Pu specimens projecting from heat transfer cushions is described. The specimens were coated with a thin layer of carbonyl-deposited nickel. The 15 wt.% Pu pins showed excellent dimensional stability at 1/3 wt.% total burnup. The 10 wt.% Pu specimens were somewhat inferior, failure of one of them indicating that the improvement in performance over unalloyed uranium may be due to the restraint imposed by the cladding.


REIC Report

REIC Report

Author: Battelle Memorial Institute. Radiation Effects Information Center

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Published: 1963

Total Pages: 150

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Irradiation of Prototype CP-4 (EBR-I) Reactor Fuel Slugs in the CP-3' Goat Hole

Irradiation of Prototype CP-4 (EBR-I) Reactor Fuel Slugs in the CP-3' Goat Hole

Author: S. H. Paine

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Published: 1958

Total Pages: 52

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Experiments are described which studied the effect of irradiation upon small U-235 cylinders simulating in size those designed for the initial CP-4 (EBR-I) fuel loading. Qualitative similarities between thermal cycling and irradiation effects were found, but none of the three types of material tested were entirely dimensionally stable.