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AIRCRAFT NUCLEAR PROPULSION PROJECT QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING MARCH 10, 1951

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4137126· OSTI ID:4137126

Progress is reported on the design of the 200 Mw Aircraft Reactor, design of the Aircraft Reactor Experiment, reactor physics, critical experiments, nuclear measurements, chemistry of liquid fuels, corrosion experimentation, liquid metal and heat transfer research, components of liquid metal systems, metallurgical processes, radiation damage homogeneous circulating-fuel and circulatingmoderator reactors, vapor-cycle and helium-cycle systems, supercritical-water cycle, and supersonic tug-tow system. (W.L.H.)

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
NSA Number:
NSA-15-001105
OSTI ID:
4137126
Report Number(s):
ANP-60(Del.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English