ZPPR [Zero Power Plutonium Reactor]: Progress report, January 1987 through March 1987

Technical Report · Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/713740· OSTI ID:713740

Brumbach, S. B.; Collins, P. J. ^[1]

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Results are presented for the ZPPR-15B, 15C and 15D assemblies. These assemblies were part of the IFR Physics Test Program to provide modern integral physics data for metallic-fuelled LMRs. The ZPPR-15B assembly had a ternary fuel alloy of plutonium, depleted uranium and zirconium. In ZPPR-15C, about half of the fuel elements were converted to {sup 235}U fuel, while in ZPPR-15D about 90% of the fuel was {sup 235}U. Results from ZPPR-15D include foil reaction rates, control rod worths, sodium void worths, gamma ray dose distributions and noise coherence measurements. Multigroup cross section data processing and calculation models are presented for the assemblies containing {sup 235}U fuel.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 713740
• Report Number(s): ANL-ZPR-473; ON: TI87028067
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 27 Apr 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
ZPPR REACTOR
REACTOR OPERATION
SODIUM
CONTROL ELEMENTS
REACTOR NOISE
NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS
REACTOR PHYSICS
FUEL ASSEMBLIES
PLUTONIUM
URANIUM 235
ZIRCONIUM