THE DEVELOPMENTAL ORGANIC REACTOR
The DOR was designed for a comprehensive developmental program to enlarge the knowledge of organic coolant chemistry, to determine means of decreasing the coolant decomposition rate, to achieve a better understanding of the reactor physics, to perform heat transfer studies, and to test fuel element designs in large size units in a high temperature environment. The DOR will thus extend the possibilities for organic reactor developments beyond the bounds of the present OMRE. The proposed 20 Mw DOR consists of flat, plate-type elements immersed in an organic medium, which serves as both moderator and coolant. Facilities are provided in the reactor core to permit insertion of thimbles wherein various experiments relating to coolant technology can be performed. The reactor will be instrumented to permit testing of large size power reactor fuel elements. Many of the construction details of the reactor, heat removal, and auxiliary systems are identical to those developed for the Organic Moderated Reactor to be constructed at Piqua, Ohio. The proposed location is in the SRE triangle section of Atomics International's Nuclear Development Field Laboratory in the Santa Susana Mountains of California. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Atomics International Div., North American Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(11-1)-GEN-8
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-019723
- OSTI ID:
- 4249821
- Report Number(s):
- NAA-SR-2780
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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