REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL PROGRESS REPORT NO. 75

Technical Report · Fri Nov 30 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4745953

In developmental work on the circulating-ball reactivity control, a value was designed which will permit selective operation between the shim and scram functions. Tests of a modified electromagnetic drive control activator and a rod-position sensor are described. In other work, a twoout-of-three logic circuit was constructed and a latching circuit was tested. Work on temperature sensors is reported in which yttria specimens of various densities were tested and a beryllia sensor was operated in air for 415 hrs. Work on high-temperature nuclear sensors included testing of fission counters to 1500 deg F, testing of fission counter components, and testing of d-c ionization chambers at 1000 deg F. The final status of the Monte Carlo computer programs and the auxiliary programs is presented. (J.R.D.)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Flight Propulsion Lab. Dept., Cincinnati
• DOE Contract Number: AT(40-1)-2847
• NSA Number: NSA-17-007542
• OSTI ID: 4745953
• Report Number(s): GEMP-75
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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