Experimental Bucklings and Void Effects in Heavy Water Lattices of Natural Uranium Oxide Rod Clusters
Journal Article
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· Nuclear Science and Engineering
OSTI ID:4713809
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Laboratory
The material bucklings of twenty-five D2O moderated lattices of natural UO2 rod clusters were measured in the Process Development Pile (PDP). The measurements were made in one-region loadings, and should therefore be subject to little systematic error. A number of the lattices employed voided housing tubes around the fuel assemblies. Values of migration areas inferred from measurements of positive periods are also presented. An evaluation of the errors in the buckling measurements indicated that the bucklings should be accurate to about 1%. The migration areas are compared with theoretical values obtained from the Benoist theory, and the agreement is shown to be good.
- Research Organization:
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Laboratory
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00001
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-028134
- OSTI ID:
- 4713809
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear Science and Engineering, Journal Name: Nuclear Science and Engineering Vol. 16; ISSN 0029-5639
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Experimental Bucklings of Heavy Water Moderated Lattices of Natural Uranium Metal Rod Clusters
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KINETIC AND BUCKLING MEASUREMENTS ON LATTICES OF SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM OR UO$sub 2$ RODS IN LIGHT WATER
Journal Article
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Wed Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1962
· Nuclear Science and Engineering
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OSTI ID:4803798
MEASUREMENTS OF BUCKLINGS AND VOID EFFECTS IN D$sub 2$O MODERATED, ORGANIC OR H$sub 2$O COOLED, LATTICES OF UO$sub 2$ ROD CLUSTERS
Technical Report
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Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1963
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OSTI ID:4686492
KINETIC AND BUCKLING MEASUREMENTS ON LATTICES OF SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM OR UO$sub 2$ RODS IN LIGHT WATER
Technical Report
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Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1957
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OSTI ID:4328549
Related Subjects
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ABSORPTION
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
ANISOTROPY
BISMUTH 209
BUCKLING
CONFIGURATION
CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
CRITICALITY
CROSS SECTIONS
DETECTION
DEUTERON BEAMS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY
ERRORS
EXCITATION
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUEL ELEMENTS
GOLD
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR
ISOTOPES
LIFETIME
MEASURED VALUES
NATURAL URANIUM FUEL
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR MODELS
NUMERICALS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
PDP
PLUTONIUM 239
RADIUM
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR FUELING
RODS
SEMICONDUCTORS
SLOWDOWN
SURFACES
TARGETS
TEMPERATURE
THALLIUM
THERMODYNAMICS
THORIUM 232
TUBES
URANIUM 233
URANIUM 238
URANIUM DIOXIDE
ZONES
ABSORPTION
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
ANISOTROPY
BISMUTH 209
BUCKLING
CONFIGURATION
CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
CRITICALITY
CROSS SECTIONS
DETECTION
DEUTERON BEAMS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY
ERRORS
EXCITATION
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUEL ELEMENTS
GOLD
HEAVY WATER MODERATOR
ISOTOPES
LIFETIME
MEASURED VALUES
NATURAL URANIUM FUEL
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR MODELS
NUMERICALS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
PDP
PLUTONIUM 239
RADIUM
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR FUELING
RODS
SEMICONDUCTORS
SLOWDOWN
SURFACES
TARGETS
TEMPERATURE
THALLIUM
THERMODYNAMICS
THORIUM 232
TUBES
URANIUM 233
URANIUM 238
URANIUM DIOXIDE
ZONES