PATHFINDER ATOMIC POWER PLANT MEASUREMENTS OF NUCLEAR PARAMETERS OF BOILER AND SUPERHEATER LATTICES

Technical Report · Mon Aug 31 04:00:00 EDT 1959

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4237591· OSTI ID:4237591

Jacobs, A.; Vollmer, R. H.

Experiments are described which were designed to yield information pertinent to the evaluation of the nuclear parameters of various fuel-moderator lattices in the environment of the Sioux Falls Power Reactor (Controlled Recirculation Boiling Reactor) core. The test lattice section was enclosed in an element which replaced one of the fuel elements of the Penn State Reactor. Parameters measured were U/sup 236/ neutron capture cadmium ratio, space-averaged thermal neutron flux ratios, and reactivity coefficients. (W.D.M.)

• Research Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park; Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. Atomic Energy Div., Milwaukee
• NSA Number: NSA-13-020682
• OSTI ID: 4237591
• Report Number(s): ACNP-5918
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ABSORPTION-- BOILING-- CONFIGURATION-- NEUTRONS-- POWER PLANTS-- REACTORS-- URANIUM 236
BOILING-- CONFIGURATION-- NEUTRON FLUX-- POWER PLANTS-- REACTORS-- THERMAL NEUTRONS
BOILING-- CONFIGURATION-- POWER PLANTS-- PRESSURE-- REACTIVITY-- REACTORS-- TEMPERATURE
REACTORS