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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment: The Economic Comparison of a Large-Scale LMFR Breeder & Burner

Description: Results of a study to compare economic factors of of burner- versus breeder-type liquid metal fuel reactors. The study takes into account several pertinent criteria and factors to ensure that the reactors would be reasonable to implement.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment (Phase 1C): Supplement to LMFRE Reference Design Report

Description: This supplement describes a number of modifications to the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment (LMFRE), including (1) engineering design changes to achieve economies in the original reference design, and (2) a revised cost estimate that reapportions the various construction, research and development, and operating costs in accordance with procedures established by the Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: December 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effects of Fuel Rod Fission Product Leakage on the Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor Plant

Description: Experiments performed by WAPD and others have shown that with fuel in an oxide form, it is possible to continue to operate a nuclear plant with fuel rods that have developed defects with only a small increase in the radiation contamination problem
Date: June 1960
Creator: Montgomery, D. W.; Howard, J. O. & Dodd, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lynchburg Test Reactor: Critical Experiment, Hazard Evaluation

Description: This report summarizes the hazards associated with the operation of the Lynchburg Test Reactor (LTR) critical experiments. The LTR critical experiment program is outlined and the design of the experiment is described. The experiments will provide basic data to check two-dimensional calculational methods and provide information needed in the design of the LTR.
Date: November 1959
Creator: Engelder, T. C. & Schutt, P. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor Hot Exponential Experiment

Description: A series of exponential experiments were performed using Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor oxide type fuel pins in a light water lattice. These experiments were performed in a new facility where measurements were made at temperatures up to 468 F. In addition, boric acid was added to the system in various concentrations. The main objective of these experiments was to obtain the change in material buckling for the system as operating conditions were changed from ambient temperature to high t… more
Date: June 1960
Creator: Clark, R. H.; Barrett, L. G. & Funderburg, J. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consolidated Edision Thorium Reactor Physics Design

Description: The nuclear characteristics of the CETR are described. Core operating lifetime, control-rod worth, and power density distribution are discussed in relation to maximizing the core operating life. Other objectives of nuclear design are to minimize the power-density variation and to assure control of the reactor.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Barringer, H. S.; Flickinger, R. B. & Spetz, S. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor: Reactor Vessel Internal Components Design

Description: The design functions and fabrication details for internal components of the CETR are presented and pertinent analytical stress studies are summarized. Functions of the internal components include proper orientation and support for the fuel elements, proper distribution of primary coolant within the reactor vessel, and the establishment of guide channels for the control rods.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Ficor, J.; Collings, D. M.; Sandrock, R. J. & Kalen, D. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor Control System Design

Description: The Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor Control System has been designed to provide the operators with a reliable, safe and accurate means of controlling the plant. Manual and automatic positioning of control rods can be accomplished. The automatic plant controller has been designed to meet the design criteria under the representative CETR demanded load changes. Adaptability has been built into the plant controller by providing variable controller adjustments for variations in reactor charac… more
Date: August 1960
Creator: Carson, W. E.; Chubb, W. B.; Pickett, R. T. & Deddens, J. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Corrosion Product Activity Distribution Across the Chemical Process System in the Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor Plant

Description: A study has been performed to determine the corrosion product and water impurity activities in the CETR Chemical Process System. A simplified mathematical model is used to represent the physical situation; however, the magnitude of the activities, taken at the end of the core life to represent the most conservative case, is considered sufficiently accurate for engineering calculations.
Date: August 1960
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development and Testing of Low Cost Fuel Elements for Power Reactor Service

Description: The development of swaging and vibratory compaction process for fabrication of clad UO2 fuel rods is described. The cost is less than 50% of that for an equivalent core fabricated from pellets. The irradiation testing of vibratory filled and swaged UO2 rods is reported for burn-ups from 2,000 to 12,000 Mwd/t UO2; the results indicate that the rods are capable of excellent performance power reactors.
Date: June 2, 1961
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment: Quarterly Technical Report No. 1, BAW-1001, July 1, 1956 to November 15, 1956

Description: This is the first quarterly report which summarizes the project work on the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment. As the initial contract was not signed until November, 1956, progress within this reporting period has been limited to establishing objectives, determining what research and development will be required, and selecting preliminary design parameters.
Date: 1956-07/1956-11
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: January 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Initial contacts were made at National Reactor Testing Station and Hanford Works, design conditions for the proposed reactor vessels were reviewed, estimates of heating rates caused by radiation and the pluggage of fuel passages were computed, and design parameters for the LMFRE were established.
Date: January 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: February 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Included in this report was a study made regarding the possible use of beryllium as a core moderating material, calculations made regarding temperature distribution for various channel sizes and power levels, design parameters for initial operation of the LMFRE, and other work in the design and operation of the reactor.
Date: February 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: March 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In this monthly report work was reported on a completed study of the change in critical concentration and critical diameter with small changes in the physical and nuclear parameters of the reference design, reactor design #8 which incorporates an integral graphite core and core tank has been completed and distributed, and other work required for the design and construction of a LMFRE.
Date: March 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: April 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In this monthly report information on the reactor design No. 10 had been selected as the LMFRE preliminary reference design, various shielding designs have bee studied, various calculations on multiregion code and reactivity have been continued, and other related to the LMFRE
Date: April 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor: Determination of the Purification Rate for Normal Operation

Description: The objective of this study is to establish a primary loop purification rate for normal operation to (1) maintain the activity created in the primary coolant water by corrosion products and other impurities (excluding fission products) at tolerable level and (2) minimize the crud deposition on the core heat-transfer surfaces.
Date: June 1958
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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