ANALYSIS OF THE INITIAL NUCLEAR SUPERHEAT CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS. SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY RELATED TO BONUS AND NUCLEAR SUPERHEAT PROGRAMS

Technical Report · Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 1961

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4843230· OSTI ID:4843230

A critical experiment program is carried out in a configuration similar to the BONUS reactor. The results give information concerning: the effects of different boilersuperheater geometries; the reactivity changes associated with superheater voiding or flooding; power regulation between the boiler and superheater regions; epithermal transmission probabilities for B-stainless steel and Cd control rods; the power flattening characteristics; and void simulation properties. The calculational methods used in the study predict the measured reactivity and power distribution to within the limits of experimental accuracy. (T.F.H.)

• Research Organization: General Nuclear Engineering Corp., Dunedin, Fla.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT(40-1)-2674
• NSA Number: NSA-15-028808
• OSTI ID: 4843230
• Report Number(s): GNEC-153
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
ABSORPTION
BONUS
BUCKLING
CADMIUM
CONFIGURATION
CONTROL ELEMENTS
CRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
CRITICALITY
DISTRIBUTION
EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS
EQUATIONS
FLUID FLOW
MEASURED VALUES
NEUTRON FLUX
POWER PLANTS
REACTIVITY
REACTOR CORE
REACTORS
STAINLESS STEELS
SUPERHEATING
WATER COOLANT
WATER MODERATOR
ZONES