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Title: DESIGN STUDY OF AN ADVANCED TEST REACTOR. Reactor Design and Feasibility Study

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4331266

A conceptual design of an advanced engineering test reactor is presented. The reactor is a heavily-loaded, fully-enriched U/sup 235/ system containing four 8-in. diameter experiment tubes penetrating the core. The core configuration is two fuel slabs separated by a D/sub 2/O moderating region containing the four experiment tubes. A fast neutron reflector of 70 volume% aluminum and 30 volume% D/sub 2/O comprises the region at the outside of the fuel slabs. Unperturbed thermal neutron fluxes as high as 2.48 x 10/sup 15/ neutrons/ cm/sup 2/-sec can be supplied to the experiment region for a core lifetime of greater than 12 days at a total reactor power not exceeding 500 Mw. (auth)

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, Tenn.
NSA Number:
NSA-12-008717
OSTI ID:
4331266
Report Number(s):
CF-57-8-5
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English