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Title: Upgraded safety system of the Ford nuclear reactor

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:411671
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  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

The 1950s-vintage, tube-driven composite safety amplifier system in the Ford nuclear reactor was replaced in the early 1980s by a solid-state system obtained from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories reactor when it shut down. That system served the reactor until 1994, when it was upgraded with one-for-one replacement modules purchased from General Atomics with funds provided by the U.S. Department of Energy`s research reactor instrumentation upgrade program.

OSTI ID:
411671
Report Number(s):
CONF-951006-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 97:000920
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 73; Conference: Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 29 Oct - 1 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English