Buckling Measurements-Heavy Natural Uranium Tubular Fuel Assemblies

Conference · Mon Nov 18 04:00:00 EST 1963 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:4125150

Dunklee, A. E. ^[1]; Graves, W. E. ^[1]

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1. Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Lab.

One-region buckling measurements that were made on a series of D₂O- moderated lattices of heavy uranium metal tubes in the Process Development Pile at Savannah River Laboratory are presented. The purposes of these measurements are to provide normalization points for lattice bucklings and to extend the study of natural uranium- D₂O systems. The dependence of bucking on the moderator to-fuel ratio is studied for two types of lattices.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Lab.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• NSA Number: NSA-18-004740
• OSTI ID: 4125150
• Report Number(s): CONF-187-24
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
BUCKLING
CONFERENCE
CONFIGURATION
CRITICALITY
DISTRIBUTION
FUEL ELEMENTS
Fuel Ratio
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR
Heavy Uranium Metal Tubes
Lattice Bucklings
MASS
MEASURED VALUES
MODERATORS
MULTIPLICATION FACTORS
NATURAL URANIUM FUEL
NEUTRON FLUX
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Process Development Pile
REACTOR CORE
REACTORS
TUBES
USA
VARIATIONS
ZONES