Stainless Steel University Reactor

Technical Report · Sat Oct 30 04:00:00 EST 1954

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4361233· OSTI ID:4361233

Kinney, W. E. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

This study was undertaken to determine the critical mass of a swimming pool type reactor with stainless steel substituted tor aluminum in the fuel plates. Requirements for the reactor are: 1) Fuel plates be less than 50% by weight UO₂--a limitation set by fabrication problems; 2) k_eff~1.05; 3) Power lie between 0.1 and MW.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• NSA Number: NSA-10-007326
• OSTI ID: 4361233
• Report Number(s): CF-54-10-176
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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