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Atomic Energy Commission Research and Radioisotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Report by the Manager of Oak Ridge Operations

Dated
Dec 19, 1950
Document type
Report
Length
31 pages
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Page 17

This it i a decided T h i s gain is the usual occurrence in fabrication of the "second casr' off tne assembly line. separation. All of these reqllre adctitfanal design effort. .iith a loading of tbree kilograms of enriched fiels, the + anti ty of additional firel required m r &.heavy water moderator will not be 2. 25'gments presented for other types of' reactor: a. Use of a new design. mom a d ~ a m e ddesign night, Give a :>etLer Performnce. L . new or improved reactor I-feveloDed for this pirpote would advance 0%- knowledge of reactor technology. b. Use of & howgeneom reactor. This reactor has a number ofadvantages. It coLLLa bc used to generate ;mmr and at the sam

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%id ding facility is constructed, rmin a nattrral one for uaing the k f E i engineering design and develogrmctnt on a tension .&nm the RIR specifications a m much lass atringeub in .tlw and pouer. Of t h e avauoble type8 of reactors, the !t3R t y p appears to be the, beat The de#dgn of the Y'fR is jractfc,zfly complete, and eonsfderabfe I n addition to the 5mkup, ths Oak Ridge Bulk an 'TR fuel elements array as the Tt:w, RIR requirement is

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