THE SANDIA PULSED REACTOR FACILITY (SPRF)

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4768693

O'Brien, P D

This is a laboratory facility specifically designed for radiation effects experiments which require an intense pulse of fast neutrons and gamma rays. The facility is designed around the Sandia Pulsed Reactor (SPR) and includes four buildings and an outdoor burst site. The instrumentation building adjacent to the reactor building is reserved exclusively for use in radiation effects programs. Outside the reactor building door is the earth-covered beam catcher building, which houses the heating plant, air compressor, and elevator hydraulic system for the reactor building. A concrete shield connects the reactor and beam catcher buildings and attenuates radiation scattered toward the trailer parking area. The reactor control building, located 200 feet from the reactor buiiding, houses the control console from which the SPR is controlled and monitored, as well as office and laboratory space. An outdoor burst site, located 2400 feet southeast of the control building, is provided for experiments which are incompatibie with the limitations of the reactor building. Cables between the control building and the outdoor burst site permit the reactor to be operated at ground level or, for maximum freedom from scattering influences, atop a 20-foot tower. (J.R.D.)

• Research Organization: Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(29-1)-789
• NSA Number: NSA-17-002621
• OSTI ID: 4768693
• Report Number(s): SC-4737(M)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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