DESIGN AND SAFEGUARDS CONSIDERATIONS OF THE THIRTY MEGAWATT GENERAL ELECTRIC TEST REACTOR

Technical Report · Fri Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4326328

Andersen, R K; Cegelski, W M; Janssen, E; Larocco, M J; Pashos, T J; Pitt, W A; Prince, W S; Wolfe, B

A review is presented of the design, construction, performance characteristics, and safeguards considerations of the 30-Mw General Electric Test Reactor under construction at Vallecitos. The heterogeneous core, cooled and moderated by light water, is contained in a slender Al pressure vessel submerged in a water pool. Experimental facilities may be placed in both the large irradiation zone of the pool and the high flux zone of the reactor core. The reactor is cooled by n primary system which transfers heat to a secondary system for dissipation in a cooling tower. The reactor coolant system, experimental facilities, and servicing canal are housed in a four-story concrete structure enclosed in a steel containment vessel. Supporting facilities are described. (M.H.R.)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Vallecitos Atomic Lab., San Jose, Calif.; General Electric Co. Atomic Power Equipment Dept., San Jose, Calif.
• NSA Number: NSA-12-014983
• OSTI ID: 4326328
• Report Number(s): A/CONF.15/P/415
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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