Experiments with HEU (93.14 wt.%) metal annuli with internal graphite cylinder
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
A variety of critical experiments were constructed of enriched uranium metal (oralloy ) during the 1960s and 1970s at the Oak Ridge Critical Experiments Facility (ORCEF) in support of criticality safety operations at the Y-12 Plant. The purposes of these experiments included the evaluation of storage, casting, and handling limits for the Y-12 Plant and providing data for verification of calculation methods and cross-sections for nuclear criticality safety applications. These included solid cylinders of various diameters, annuli of various inner and outer diameters, two and three interacting cylinders of various diameters, and graphite and polyethylene reflected cylinders and annuli. Of the hundreds of delayed critical experiments, only three experimental configurations are described here. They are internal graphite reflected metal uranium assemblies with three different diameter HEU annuli (15-9 inches, 15-7 inches and 13-7 inches). These experiments can be found in Reference 1 and in their associated logbook
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1369618
- Report Number(s):
- INL/EXT-15-34971; TRN: US1701932
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Bare, Complex, and Potassium-Filled HEU Oralloy Annuli Benchmark Experiments
Oralloy (93.2 235U) Bare Metal Annuli And Disks