ZERO-POWER EXPERIMENTS ON THE ARGONNE LOW POWER REACTOR (ALPR)

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1961

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4026016· OSTI ID:4026016

Shaftman, D. H.

Results are summarized for zero-power measurements carried out on the AeLPR to stady the characteristics of fuel assembly arrays, burnable poison strips, and control rods. The criteria were stable reactor operation at the design power of 3 Mwt, enough explicit and inherent reactivity for reactor operation for as long as 3 years, and enough control capacity for shutdown at any time during the core cycle. Two reference cores were used in the measurements: a final reference 40-fuel-assembly core for 3 Mwt operation and a reference 59-fuel- assembly loading for possible use at higher power levels in another plant. Aspects of design of the core and control system are discussed. (D.L.C.)

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., Ill.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• NSA Number: NSA-15-024516
• OSTI ID: 4026016
• Report Number(s): ANL-6078
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
ALPR
CONFIGURATION
CONTROL ELEMENTS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
FUEL ELEMENTS
MEASURED VALUES
PLANNING
POISONING
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORE
RESEARCH REACTORS
SHUTDOWN