Thermal/Epithermal Experiments with Jemima Plates [Slides]
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
This set of slides contains the end of summer Robert G. Keepin Nuclear Nonproliferation summer school lightning presentations of Roberto Rico, Rene Sanchez. This research focused on 15 configurations that used highly enriched uranium to conduct new critical experiments. These experiments focused on the intermediate energy (0.625 eV -100 keV) range and that could easily be modified using various high priority materials. These experiments are referred to as (TEX) and were conducted using Comet a vertical lift machine used to separate a critical assembly into halves. The upper half is stationary and lower is raised until contact. 15 different configurations were run and achieved similar or close results to Livermore calculations and enabled comparisons of Keff of both results. Future work includes de-stacking each configuration to see results of minimizing mass on Keff.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1545755
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-27554
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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