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ORR Experimental Facilities

Description: This is one of a series of interim reports to be issued by the Operations Division concerning computations by experimenters. The purpose of these reports is to assist the experimenters in their computations and Operations personnel in their experiment evaluation work. In this report, an attempt has been made to describe the experimental facilities of the ORR. This description includes dimensioned drawings of the various facilities as well as tables of reactor and facility properties.
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: Boynton, A. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Building Ventilation. Technical Memorandum No. 17

Description: This memorandum covers a review of the Reactor Building heating, cooling, and ventilation. In addition to summarizing the heating and cooling leads, this memorandum covers the philosophy in regard to operation pressures in areas above and below the operating floor. This memorandum also contain design features, such as ventilation rate and operation of shut-off valves.
Date: October 3, 1958
Creator: Schumaker, R. B.
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Preliminary Study of Intermediate-Energy Research Reactors

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the configuration for a research reactor which would produce a relatively-high neutron flux in the intermediate energy range (1.0 to 1000 ev) compared to the flux in the fast and thermal ranges.
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: Sanders, J. P. (John Paul), 1926-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental Fast Ceramic Reactor Design Status Report as of October 31, 1961

Description: The design status of the Experimental Fast Ceramic Reactor (EFCR) is described for the period up to October 31, 1961. The primary purpose of the facility is to study the dynamic behavior of a fast ceramic reactor, including the experimental demonstration of the effectiveness of the Doppler coefficient in limiting the power excursion following a rapid insertion of reactivity.
Date: April 24, 1962
Creator: Horst, K. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Yankee Atomic Electric Company Research and Development Program Quarterly Progress Report: April - June 1958

Description: Quarterly report describing the technical research and development work accomplished by the Yankee Atomic Electric Company Research and Development Program, and documenting progress made on the group's various projects and goals.
Date: July 30, 1958
Creator: Coen, L. H. & Garbe, R. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report March 1, 1953 through May 31, 1953

Description: Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs, designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 15, 1953
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Engineering Division Quarterly Report September 1, 1952 through November 30, 1952

Description: Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory covering the quarterly report from the Reactor Engineering Division. A summary of reactor programs, designs, development, and experiments are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 15, 1952
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Reactor Engineering Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reactor Engineering Division Semiannual Report December 1, 1951 through May 31, 1952

Description: This report describes the construction of a reactor and the research conducted in the reactor such as solid fuel and liquid fuel research, boiling reactor experiments, CP-6 bond testing program, and water quality control experiments for CP-6 program.
Date: June 15, 1952
Creator: Members of the Reactor Engineering Division
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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Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor: Core Assembly Physics and Zero Power Tests Report

Description: Results of zero power tests to confirm the nuclear design of the Consolidated Edison Thorium Reactor Core are presented. The maximum core reactivity, control rod worths, and power distribution were measured.
Date: September 1961
Creator: Edlund, Milton C. (Milton Carl), 1924-; Ball, R. M.; Deddens, J. C. & Flickinger, R. F.
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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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: May 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. This month's report includes the Research and Development program was completed, a study of shielding requirements indicated the necessity for test data, more information on studies regarding reactor startup, and other developments related to develop the LMFRE.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: June 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. This month's report includes information on various factors entering into the estimate of reference design core which has been analyzed for sources of error, further design and testing procedures on the nuclear core, and other work focused on construction and design elements.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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