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| DOI | 10.2172/303930 |
| Title |
The Tower Shielding Facility: Its glorious past loading...
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| Creator/Author | Muckenthaler, F.J. |
| Publication Date | 1997 May 07 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 303930; Legacy ID: DE98003635 |
| Report Number(s) | ORNL/TM--12339 |
| DOE Contract Number | AC05-96OR22464 |
| DOI | 10.2172/303930 |
| Other Number(s) | Other: ON: DE98003635; TRN: TRN: AHC29904%%3 |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
| Resource Relation | Other Information: PBD: 7 May 1997 |
| Research Org | Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States) |
| Sponsoring Org | USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States) |
| Subject | 22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; TSR-1 REACTOR; TSR-2 REACTOR; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; SHIELDS; REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION; AIRCRAFT PROPULSION REACTORS; SPACE POWER REACTORS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; GAS COOLED REACTORS |
| Description/Abstract | The Tower Shielding Facility (TSF) is the only reactor facility in the US that was designed and built for radiation-shielding studies in which both the reactor source and shield samples could be raised into the air to allow measurements to be made without interference from ground scattering or other spurious effects. The TSF proved its usefulness as many different programs were successfully completed. It became active in work for the Defense Atomic Support Agency (DASA) Space Nuclear Auxiliary Power, Defense Nuclear Agency, Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Program, the Gas-Cooled and High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor programs, and the Japanese-American Shielding Program of Experimental Research, just to mention a few of the more extensive ones. The history of the TSF as presented in this report describes the various experiments that were performed using the different reactors. The experiments are categorized as to the programs which they supported and placed in corresponding chapters. The experiments are described in modest detail, along with their purpose when appropriate. Discussion of the results is minimal, but references are given to more extensive topical reports. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: ED; Size: 247 p. |
| Availability | INIS; OSTI as DE98003635 To purchase this media from NTIS, click here |
| System Entry Date | 2009 Nov 09 |
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