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THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE PULSED REACTOR FACILITY, MAY 1963

Abstract

A brief statement of the mission of the White Sands Missile Range Nuclear Effects Laboratory is given. The new Nuclear Effects Laboratory Facility is described. This facility consists of two buildings-a laboratory and a reactor building. The White Sands Missile Range bare critical assembly, designated as the MoLLY-G, is described. The MoLLY-G, an unreflected, unmoderated right circular cylinder of uranium-molybdenum alloy designed for pulsed operation, will have a maximum burst capability of approximately 2 x 10/sup 17/ fissions with a burst width of 50 microseconds. The reactor construction and operating procedures are described. As designed, the MoLLY-G will provide an intense source of pulsed neutron and gamma radiation for a great variety of experimental and test arrangements. (auth)
Publication Date:
May 15, 1963
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
CONF-39-54
Reference Number:
NSA-17-035214
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9. American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (United States) 17-19 Jun 1963
Subject:
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; BUILDINGS; CONFIGURATION; CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES; GAMMA RADIATION; MODERATORS; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; NEUTRONS; PLANNING; PULSES; REACTORS; REFLECTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; TESTING; TRIGA SERIES; URANIUM ALLOYS; USES
Sponsoring Organizations:
Sponsor not identified
OSTI ID:
4876094
Research Organizations:
Army Missile Test and Evaluation Directorate, White Sands Missile Range, NM (United States)
Country of Origin:
United States
Language:
English
Submitting Site:
DTIE
Size:
Pages: 20
Announcement Date:
Dec 31, 1963

Citation Formats

Long, Robert L., Boor, R. A., Cole, W. M., and Elder, G. E. THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE PULSED REACTOR FACILITY, MAY 1963. United States: N. p., 1963. Web.
Long, Robert L., Boor, R. A., Cole, W. M., & Elder, G. E. THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE PULSED REACTOR FACILITY, MAY 1963. United States.
Long, Robert L., Boor, R. A., Cole, W. M., and Elder, G. E. 1963. "THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE PULSED REACTOR FACILITY, MAY 1963." United States.
@misc{etde_4876094,
title = {THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE PULSED REACTOR FACILITY, MAY 1963}
author = {Long, Robert L., Boor, R. A., Cole, W. M., and Elder, G. E.}
abstractNote = {A brief statement of the mission of the White Sands Missile Range Nuclear Effects Laboratory is given. The new Nuclear Effects Laboratory Facility is described. This facility consists of two buildings-a laboratory and a reactor building. The White Sands Missile Range bare critical assembly, designated as the MoLLY-G, is described. The MoLLY-G, an unreflected, unmoderated right circular cylinder of uranium-molybdenum alloy designed for pulsed operation, will have a maximum burst capability of approximately 2 x 10/sup 17/ fissions with a burst width of 50 microseconds. The reactor construction and operating procedures are described. As designed, the MoLLY-G will provide an intense source of pulsed neutron and gamma radiation for a great variety of experimental and test arrangements. (auth)}
place = {United States}
year = {1963}
month = {May}
}