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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
R. B. Pratt, J. D. Sease, W. H. Pechin, A. L. Lotts
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 241-255
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28313
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This report describes work concerning production of coated-particle fuels for use in high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors (HTGR's) and a coating system that has served as the basis for the design of a remotely operated recycle fuel fabrication system. We have demonstrated an ability to deposit low-and high-density pyrolytic carbon coatings having a variety of properties on a scale adequate to satisfy the proposed Thorium Uranium Recycle Facility production rate, 10 kg of heavy metal fuel per day. To do this, we have designated an engineering scale, 5-in.-i.d. fluidized bed coating furnace and its auxiliaries. Additionally, we have identified process controlling parameters and demonstrated their effect on inner- and outer-coating properties produced from acetylene, propane, and propylene. Specific coating properties controlled were density, thickness, anisotropy factor, coating rate, and deposition efficiency. Parameters identified include: bed temperature, gas purity, gas flux, inert-gas dilution, charge size, kernel composition, kernel size, and components configuration.