HAZARDS SUMMARY REPORT ON THE JUGGERNAUT REACTOR

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1961

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4818162· OSTI ID:4818162

Folkrod, J. R.; Moon, D. P.; Saluja, J. F.

The Juggernaut is a light-water-cooled and moderated, graphite- reflected, heterogeneous thermal reactor designed to provide experimental facilities for conducting basic research in the neutron flux range to 4 x l0 n/cm/ sec at an operating power level of 250 kw(t). Pertinent design and operating characteristics are tabulated. Evaluations are made for potential hazards posed by certain hypothetical major accidents during the operation, and the adequacy of the safeguards provided to insure that the health and safety of personnel, within and beyond the site boundary, are not unduly endangered. The results indicate that in the event of any conceivable reactivity increase, auxiliary and inherent safety features pecuIiar to the Juggernaut will operate to insure automatic shutdown through a nondestructive BORAX-type process. (B.O.G.)

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., Ill.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• NSA Number: NSA-16-008427
• OSTI ID: 4818162
• Report Number(s): ANL-6192
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCIDENTS
CONFIGURATION
COOLANT LOOPS
ENVIRONMENT
EXCURSIONS
GRAPHITE
HEAT TRANSFER
HIGH TEMPERATURE
IRRADIATION
JUGGERNAUT
MODERATORS
NEUTRON BEAMS
NEUTRON FLUX
PERSONNEL
PLANNING
POPULATIONS
RADIATION PROTECTION
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORE
REACTOR SAFETY
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REFLECTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
RESONANCE ESCAPE PROBABILITY
SHUTDOWN
SPECTRAL SHIFT
STABILITY
TABLES
TEMPERATURE
THERMAL NEUTRONS
WATER COOLANT
WATER MODERATOR
ZONES