Open AccessSPECIFICATIONS AND FABRICATION PROCEDURES FOR PM-2A CORE II CONTROL ROD FUEL ELEMENTS
Publication year - 1960
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4143582
Subject(s) - materials science , cladding (metalworking) , fabrication , metallurgy , control rod , fissile material , corrosion , nuclear engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , neutron
Specifications were prepared for control rod fuel elements for the Core Il of PM-2A. These stainless steel-base fuel components of thin plate-type construction and containing a dispersion of UO/sub2/ were successfully used in powering the Army Package Power Reactor. The component, which consisted of sixteen composite fuel plates joined by brazing, was designed for radioactive service in pressurized water. Tests for qualification of fabrication procedures and specifications covening loading, materials, and processing are presented. Also included are drawings and the process flow diagram. (M.C.G.