Effect of Boron and Gadolinium on the Criticality of Plutonium--Uranium Systems

Conference · Sun Jun 13 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:7337657

Lloyd, R. C. ^[1]; Clayton, E. D. ^[1]

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1. Battelle Pacific Northwest Labatories, Richland, WA (United States)

Experiments were performed to substantiate the effectiveness of soluble nuclear poisons on the criticality of plutonium-uranium nitrate solutions and to determine their effectiveness for criticality control on a heterogeneous assembly of mixed-oxide fuel pins immersed in plutonium-uranium nitrate solutions containing the soluble poisons.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labatories, Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• OSTI ID: 7337657
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Journal Volume: 23
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
42 ENGINEERING
420203* -- Engineering-- Handling Equipment & Procedures
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
BORON
CRITICALITY
Criticality Control
ELEMENTS
GADOLINIUM
Heterogeneous Assembly
METALS
Mixed-Oxide Fuel Pins
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUCLEAR POISONS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM NITRATES
Plutonium-Uranium Nitrate Solutions
RARE EARTHS
REACTOR MATERIALS
SAFETY
SEMIMETALS
Soluble Nuclear Poisons
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM NITRATES