Published January 1981 | Version v1
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Development and control of the process for the manufacture of zircaloy-4 tubing for LWBR fuel rods

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Description

The technical requirements for the Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) fuel elements (fuel rods) imposed certain unique requirements for the low hafnium Zircaloy-4 tubing used as fuel rod cladding. This report describes, in detail, the tube manufacturing process, the product and process controls used, the inspections and tests performed, and the efforts involved in refining a commercial tube reducing process to produce tubes that would satisfy the requirements for LWBR fuel rod cladding

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A10/MF A01.

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Imprint Pagination
224 p.
Report number
WAPD-TM--1289

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
12619447
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
FABRICATION; FUEL CANS; LWBR TYPE REACTORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPECIFICATIONS; ZIRCALOY
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; BREEDER REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; TIN ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS