A researcher who coauthored a 1952 study of repeated heating and cooling of uranium. The practical problem was persistent dimensional change in reactor fuel, including warping and surface distortion. The experiments examined faster thermal cycles and the conditions producing damage, connecting thermal loading with the material's crystal orientation and internal structure.[ref]
Thermal Cycling of Uranium by Nathaniel Stetson and Melbourne L. Winton. Opening discussion: reactor-fuel dimensional instability, cycling rates and preferred orientation
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