Robertson et al., 1959 - Google Patents
Fuel defect test-BORAX-IVRobertson et al., 1959
- Document ID
- 8492732152891841663
- Author
- Robertson R
- Hall Jr V
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On March 11 and 12, 1958, the BORAX-IV reactor was operated at a power of 2.4 Mw, even though a large number of the fuel elements contained defects through the cladding. Subsequent investigation showed that 22 of the fuel elements in the reactor contained one …
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