Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the
1999 International RERTR Meeting
BWX Technologies Progress with
Reduced Enrichment
Fuel Production
(HIGH DENSITY
FUELS)
Brett W. Pace, Senior Engineer, Engineering
Edward A. Marinak, Principle QC Engineer
ABSTRACT
BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) has experienced several production improvements over the past year. The homogeneity yields in 4.8 gU/cc U3Si2 plates have increased over last year’s already high yields. Through teamwork and innovative manufacturing techniques, maintaining high quality surface finishes on plates and elements is becoming easier and less expensive. Currently, BWXT is designing a fabrication development plan to reach a fuel loading of 9 gU/cc within 2 - 4 years. This development will involve a step approach requested by ANL to produce plates using U-8Mo at a loading of 6 gU/cc first and qualify the fuel at those levels. In achieving the goal of a very high-density fuel loading of 9 gU/cc, BWXT is considering employing several new, state of the art, ultrasonic testing techniques for fuel core evaluation.
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Contact:
Brett
W. Pace
Senior
Engineer
BWX
Technologies, Inc
P.O.
Box 785
Lynchburg, VA 24505-0785 USA
Phone: 1 804 522 6866
Fax: 1 804 522 6992
E-mail: brett.w.pace@t.w.mcdermott.com
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