EVESR-NUCLEAR SUPERHEAT FUEL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER, 1962

摘要

The EVESR reactor is scheduled to go critical sometime in February I963. Until the reactor becomes operational, the EVESR R&D Program activity will consist primarily of work in the planning, design areas, and fuel fabrication.nSome of the significant results reached during this reporting period are as follows:n1. The development program planning effort has been completed for all phases of the program prior to start-up of the facility. Section 3.0 of this report covers the initial planning activity.n2. The fuel design for the Mark II EVESR core has been completed.n3. Material procurement, tooling, and certain process development work leading up to the final fabrication of the Mark II core has been completed. All major hardware items for both instrumented and non-instrumented fuel "bundles have been placed on order, with the exceptionnof the Inconel shims which are espected to be ordered in November. Fabrication of the neutron sources was initiated.