Reactor Physics Measurements and Benchmark Specifications for Oak Ridge Highly Enriched Uranium Sphere (ORSphere)

Marshall, Margaret A.

doi:10.13182/NSE14-32

Title: Reactor Physics Measurements and Benchmark Specifications for Oak Ridge Highly Enriched Uranium Sphere (ORSphere)

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In the early 1970s Dr. John T. Mihalczo (team leader), J.J. Lynn, and J.R. Taylor performed experiments at the Oak Ridge Critical Experiments Facility (ORCEF) with highly enriched uranium (HEU) metal (called Oak Ridge Alloy or ORALLOY) in an effort to recreate GODIVA I results with greater accuracy than those performed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1950s. The purpose of the Oak Ridge ORALLOY Sphere (ORSphere) experiments was to estimate the unreflected and unmoderated critical mass of an idealized sphere of uranium metal corrected to a density, purity, and enrichment such that it could be compared with the GODIVA I experiments. Additionally, various material reactivity worths, the surface material worth coefficient, the delayed neutron fraction, the prompt neutron decay constant, relative fission density, and relative neutron importance were all measured. The critical assembly, material reactivity worths, the surface material worth coefficient, and the delayed neutron fraction were all evaluated as benchmark experiment measurements. The reactor physics measurements are the focus of this paper; although for clarity the critical assembly benchmark specifications are briefly discussed.

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Marshall, Margaret A. ^[1]

Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2014

Research Org.:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1177619

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-14-31054
Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5639

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Science and Engineering

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 178; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5639

Publisher:: American Nuclear Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM; PROMPT NEUTRONS; OR-CEF REACTOR; REACTOR PHYSICS; BENCHMARKS; LANL; ORNL; SPHERES; DELAYED NEUTRON FRACTION; SPECIFICATIONS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CRITICAL MASS; REACTIVITY WORTHS; Neutron Importance Function; Reactor Physics Benchmark, HEU, Sphere, ORSphere

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                    Marshall, Margaret A. Reactor Physics Measurements and Benchmark Specifications for Oak Ridge Highly Enriched Uranium Sphere (ORSphere).  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Marshall, Margaret A. Reactor Physics Measurements and Benchmark Specifications for Oak Ridge Highly Enriched Uranium Sphere (ORSphere).  United States.  https://doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-32

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"Reactor Physics Measurements and Benchmark Specifications for Oak Ridge Highly Enriched Uranium Sphere (ORSphere)".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-32.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1177619.

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  title        = {Reactor Physics Measurements and Benchmark Specifications for Oak Ridge Highly Enriched Uranium Sphere (ORSphere)},

  author       = {Marshall, Margaret A.},

  abstractNote = {In the early 1970s Dr. John T. Mihalczo (team leader), J.J. Lynn, and J.R. Taylor performed experiments at the Oak Ridge Critical Experiments Facility (ORCEF) with highly enriched uranium (HEU) metal (called Oak Ridge Alloy or ORALLOY) in an effort to recreate GODIVA I results with greater accuracy than those performed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1950s. The purpose of the Oak Ridge ORALLOY Sphere (ORSphere) experiments was to estimate the unreflected and unmoderated critical mass of an idealized sphere of uranium metal corrected to a density, purity, and enrichment such that it could be compared with the GODIVA I experiments. Additionally, various material reactivity worths, the surface material worth coefficient, the delayed neutron fraction, the prompt neutron decay constant, relative fission density, and relative neutron importance were all measured. The critical assembly, material reactivity worths, the surface material worth coefficient, and the delayed neutron fraction were all evaluated as benchmark experiment measurements. The reactor physics measurements are the focus of this paper; although for clarity the critical assembly benchmark specifications are briefly discussed.},

  doi          = {10.13182/NSE14-32},

  journal      = {Nuclear Science and Engineering},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 178,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2014}

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