Development and Testing of Low Cost Fuel Elements for Power Reactor Service
Description:
The development of swaging and vibratory compaction process for fabrication of clad UO2 fuel rods is described. The cost is less than 50% of that for an equivalent core fabricated from pellets. The irradiation testing of vibratory filled and swaged UO2 rods is reported for burn-ups from 2,000 to 12,000 Mwd/t UO2; the results indicate that the rods are capable of excellent performance power reactors.
Date:
June 2, 1961
Creator:
Babcock & Wilcox Company
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