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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: December 1956

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Preliminary design studies for nuclear reactor development and its components were reported.
Date: December 1956
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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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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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: July, 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work perform by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In this months report includes specifications a utility loop, further calculations for fuel rods, drawings were reviewed and specifications for the core reactor were reviewed.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: August, 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work performed by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In this monthly report the R&D budget was reviewed, two-dimensional calculations were performed, analysis work was started on control rods and their housing, as well as continued work on the development of the LMFRE reactor.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment Monthly Progress Statement: September, 1957

Description: A monthly report summarizing work performed by Babcock & Wilcox personnel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In this month's report comparison of second two-dimensional calculation with the equivalent one-dimensional calculations was performed, reference design core modifications were completed, along with continued work on the design of the core and containment vessel for a LMRFE.
Date: September 1957
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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