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TEST ELEMENT FOR APPR CRITICAL EXPERIMENT

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4351650
The Army Package Power Reactor critical experiment employs separate fuel, boron, and steel plates. The fuel plates consist of 0.002 in. x 2.5 in. x 22 in. enriched uranium foil clad with stainless steel. The beron plates consist of B/sub 4/C in a matrix of iron clad with stainless steel. In the APPR, the uranium and boron will be present in a stainless steel matrix as UO/sub 2/ and B/ sub 4/C equally distributed in all plates. Retailed drawings of the test element are presented. (L.T.W.)
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
NSA Number:
NSA-12-002068
OSTI ID:
4351650
Report Number(s):
CF-55-11-66
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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