Document Details
Title:
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION'S PROGRAM TO DEVELOP ECONOMICAL POWER FROM ATOMIC ENERGY ( MODERATOR " CAN " LOWERED INTO THE REACTOR CORE )
Author(s):
UNK, [ATOMICS INTERNATIONAL, NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION COMPANY]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1956 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097102
Document Number(s):
AEC565581
Originating Research Org.:
ATOMICS INTERNATIONAL, NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION COM
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
CANOGA PARK CALIFORNIA...THE LAST MODERATOR "CAN" IS LOWERED INTO THE REACTOR CORE OF THE SODIUM REACTOR EXPERIMENT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BE ING BUILT BY ATOMICS INTERNATIONAL A DIVISION OF NORTH AMERICAN AVIATI ON INC., AS PART OF THE AECS PROGRAM TO DEVELOP ECONOMICAL POWER FROM ATOMIC ENERGY. THE "CAN" IS FABRICATEAD OF ZIRCONIUM METAL SHEET AND CONTAINS A TEN FOOT HIGH BLOCK OF GRAHITE. THE REACTOR IS EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATION IN 1957