PROGRESS RELATING TO CIVILIAN APPLICATIONS DURING JUNE 1957

Progress is reported on the following studies: development of materials for Hanford reactors, developments for Al-clad fuel elements, studies of Zr-U alloys, corrosion studies of Zr, reactor-materials development, physical metallurgy, corrosion problems associated with the recovery of spent reactor fuel elements, evaluation of a reflector-controlled heterogeneous boiling reactor, studies of Na-Ta compatibility at elevated temperatures, and de velopment studies for the PWR. (For preceding period see BMI-1189.) (W.L.H.