Results from the First Set of Criticals In the Seven Percent Critical Experiment [Slides]

Conference · Tue Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1141141

Harms, Gary A. ^[1]; Ford, John T. ^[1]; Miller, Allison D. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This presentation discusses the recent Sandia critical experiments, specifically the Seven Percent Critical Experiment (7uPCX) which is a Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) project. It also discusses why 7uPCX was used, how 7uPCX is operated and presents some 7uPCX results. The presentation concludes by discussing future plans for the critical experiments.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1141141
• Report Number(s): SAND2011-6564C; 505840
• Resource Relation: Conference: ICNC '99: International Conference on Nuclear Criticality, Criticality Experiments, Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom), 19-22 Sep 2011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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