Symposium on High Flux Materials Testing Reactors, September 21-25, 1959; SYMPOSIUM SUR LES REACTEURS A HAUT FLUX POUR ESSAIS DES MATERIAUX, DU 21 AU 25 SEPTEMBRE 1959

Technical Report · Tue Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4055757

The discussions arising from papers delivered during the symposium are presented. The discussions were on the AEC Test Reactor Program, Uses of High Flux Reactors, Design and Uses of High Flux Research and Test Reactors, High Flux Materials Testing and Research Reactor of the Reactor Centrum Nederland, Technological Aspects of the Construction of the Vessel of the BR-2 Reactor, General Electric Test Reactor, Special Design Considerations for High Flexibility in BR-2, Problems Encountered in the Construction of the BR-2 and the Solutions Adopted, Resistance Testing of the Air-Tight Metallic Shell of the BR2, Analysis of the Methods for the Measurement of the AirTightness of Reactor Shells, Operational Safety Considerations for High Flux Testing Reactors, Management Aspects of MTR--ETR Operations, Organization of the BR-2 Section, Some Particular Problems Posed by the Operation of Laboratory Piles, Safety Principles in Instrumentation of Reactors, Regulation and Instrumentation, Electrical Power Forecasts, and Hydraulic System of Petten Reactor, Utilization of Irradiation Zones Located in the Fuel Element Lattice of Research Reactors, Experimental Facilities of the High Flux Reactor at Petten, Pneumatic Transfer Apparatus for the Irradiation of Samples in a Reactor, Design of Loops for High Flux Reactors, Conception and Testing of Experiments, Power Control, Operating Experience with In-Pile Loops at ORNL, Evaluation and Measurement of Neutron Flux Received by Fuel Samples Irradiated in a Loop Cooled with Dowtherm, Measurement of Nuclear Characteristics of the Experiments, Flux Depressions in Loops and Higs, and Experimental Measurement of the Activation of Various Types of Steel for Reactor Vessels. (J.S.R.)

• Research Organization: Brussels. Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucleaire
• NSA Number: NSA-15-020465
• OSTI ID: 4055757
• Report Number(s): NP-10103
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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ACTIVATION
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LEAKS
MATERIALS TESTING
MTR
NEUTRON FLUX
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REACTOR SAFETY
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