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Description and Startup of a Water Boiler Reactor

Description: A "water boiler" type reactor has been installed at the Livermore Research Laboratory. The reactor was designed and constructed by North American Aviation, Inc., for the Atomic Energy Commission as a neutron source for the California Research and Development Company. A detailed description of the reactor, critical experiment, and preliminary operating characteristics are given.
Date: June 1, 1954
Creator: Shortall, J. W.; Flora, J. W.; Graham, R. H. & Shelton, A. V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Neptune Event--a Nuclear Explosive Cratering Experiment

Description: The Neptune device was detonated underground in a room approximately 12 x 17 x 10 ft, at the end of a hooked drift. The yield was 115 plus or minus 15 tons. The shot and its effects are described and the major contributions of the data to the theory and prediction of cratering phenomenology are indicated. (W.D.M.)
Date: April 19, 1960
Creator: Shelton, A V; Nordyke, M D & Goeckermann, R H
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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