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Title:
CRITICALITY OF SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM IN WATER MODERATED LATTICES
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Subject Terms:
BUCKLINGEXPONENTIAL PILESMATRICESREACTIVITYREACTOR CRITICALITY EFFECTSREACTOR FUEL ELEMENTS (ENRICHED)URANIUM ISOTOPES U-235WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1964 Apr 07
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
37
Accession Number:
RL-1-382397
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-3468
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Jun 24
Description/Abstract:
EXPONENTIAL AND APPROACH-TO-CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED WITH SLIGHTLY ENRICHED U IN LIGHT WATER. THE DIAMETERS OF THE U ELEMENTS RANGED FROM 0.175" TO 1.66". WITH ENRICHMENTS RANGING FROM 1.007W/O TO 3/063 W/O U-235. EXPONENTIAL MEASUREMENTS WERE ALSO PERFORMED WITH NATURAL U ROD(0.925" DIAM) IN LIGHT WATER. ANALYTICAL METHODS WERE USED TO CORRELATE THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND EXTEND THE DATA TO INCLUDE U RODS CONTAINING 4.0 W/O AND 5.O W/O U-235.