Lubricants for Nuclear Reactors

A paper with the above title was presented by P. E. B. Vaile, A.M.I.Mech.E., for discussion at a meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at the Social Club of Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Chelmsford, on 14th September. The paper was sponsored by the Lubrication Group in conjunction with the Nuclear Energy Group. We give here extracts from this paper. Copies of the complete paper are available from The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, London, S.W.1., who invite written communications thereon, which should reach them not later than 31st October. The first part of this paper dealt with industrial power reactors of the CO2 cooled, graphite‐moderated types, high‐temperature gas‐cooled types, etc., and gave details of the U.K.A.E.A. requirements for nuclear lubricants.