FIRST OPERATIONAL YEAR OF THE RTA

Abstract

On 24 January 1961 the Reactivity Test Assembly (RTA) - a heterogeneous, light-water, unpressurized, fully enriched system that operates as a zero-power reactor - at General Dynamics/Fort Worth was brought critical for the first time. During the year following, the RTA was used in 11 major experiments that covered the operation al testing and continued research for the two 3-Mw reactors at the Nuclear Aerospace Research Facility at GD/FW. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0409860

Entities

People

  • E. L. Jordan
  • J. T. Pancoast

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Assembly
  • Chambers
  • Control Rods
  • Detectors
  • Diameters
  • Geometry
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Neutron Flux
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Reactor Cores
  • Reactor Operation
  • Reactor Reactivity
  • Research Facilities
  • Thermal Neutrons
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space