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Thorium Uranium Physics Experiments: Final Report

Description: Report concerning the "study of uniform lattice cores moderate with light water" (p. xiii) and comparing the measurements with various theoretical models. Includes descriptions of the cores, core measurements, leakage experiments, and calculations.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Snidow, N. L.; Anderson, R. C.; Batch, M. L.; deCoulon, G. A. G.; Lewis, R. H. & Vannoy, W. M.
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment: Reference Design Report

Description: Report concerning preliminary designs of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment (LMFRE) facility. This includes descriptions of the reactor, degasser, and steam system, materials to be used, plant arrangement, building siting, and safety considerations.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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NS Savannah Upgrading Analog Computer Analysis

Description: From abstract: "This work amplified previous design studies by considering accidents of greater severity, automatic limiting devices to preclude safety action, and more realistic parameters based on operating experience."
Date: November 1962
Creator: Rosser, R. M.
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1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 1

Description: From introduction: "The objective of this study is to provide information that will assist the Atomic Energy Commission in furthering the National Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Program. We plan to accomplish this end, in part, by extending the original studies to include system and component design and parametric evaluations of the nuclear steam supply system and its related systems and subsystems based on an estimation of the state of technology in 1980."
Date: June 1967
Creator: Goulding, B. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 2, Concept I System Description

Description: From introduction: "This report has been prepared in conjunction with the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Follow-On Study. It is the Concept I description of Task I as outlined by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in Appendix C of their Follow-On Study Program."
Date: April 1967
Creator: Boyer, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 3, Concept II System Description

Description: From introduction: "This report has been prepared in conjunction with the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Follow-On Study. It is the Concept II description of Task I as outlined by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in Appendix C of their Follow-On-Study Program."
Date: June 1967
Creator: Goulding, B. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Irradiation Performance of Thoria-Urania Fuel Materials: Quarterly Technical Report, Number 2, October - December 1964

Description: From introduction: "Complete exploitation of the advantages of thorium as a fertile material in thermal and particular resonant spectrum reactors has been inhibited by the lack of quantitative physical property data for thoria and thoria-urania fuels."
Date: October 1964
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor: Design of the MMSR Primary Shield

Description: The purpose of this report is to describe the shielding calculations and techniques used in sizing the MMSR primary shield, the results obtained, and the resulting shield thicknesses. The present report covers many of the items scheduled for presentation in the final MMSR shield design report to be issued in November of 1958. The primary shield in the MMSR consists of the reflector, thermal shields, pressure vessel wall, a 33" water annulus and a layer of lead shielding at the exterior of the… more
Date: April 1958
Creator: Smith, W. R. & Turner, M. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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