Army Scientific Advisory Panel Ad Hoc Group on Pulsed Reactors

Abstract

The Ad Hoc Group was asked to review the technical capabilities of the Army's two pulsed reactor facilities at White Sands Missile Range (the fast burst reactor (FBR)) and at Aberdeen Proving Ground (the Aberdeen Pulsed Reactor Facility)), and to review the technical considerations for a decision to close one, should that become necessary. We conclude that both facilities are operated safely, efficiently, and in a manner responsive to user needs; that the national workload is likely to be such that both should be retained for the foreseeable future; but that if only one can be retained, it should be the one most capable of supporting a high technology program; and that the APRF reactor is that one.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032157

Entities

People

  • Donald M. Kerr Jr.
  • John Meehan Jr.
  • Richard L. Wagner Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Equipment
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Electron Beams
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Radiation
  • Research Reactors
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Vulnerability
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects
  • Workload

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.