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FABRICATION OF THE NUCLEAR MERCHANT SHIP REACTOR CRITICAL EXPERIMENT FUEL RODS BY THE SWAGING PROCESS

L.R. Weissert, W. Markert, V. J. Duplin

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The critical experiments supporting the design of the power plant of the N. S. Savananah required fuel rods of slightly enriched UO/sup 2/ clad in stainless steel tubing. The rotary swaging technique was selected as the reference fabrication process for the experimental rods. Processing of the UO/ sup 2/ powder and fabrication of the rods are described. (W. D.M.)

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Key concepts: Swaging, Rod, Fabrication, Materials science, Nuclear engineering, Process (computing), Nuclear fuel, Metallurgy