Plutonium Cores of Zenith,

Abstract

The report describes a series of experiments carried out with plutonium fuel in the heated zero power reactor ZENITH, with the aim of testing current theoretical methods, with particular reference to excess reactivity, temperature coefficients, differential spectrum and reaction rate distributions. Two cores of widely different fissile/moderator atom ratios were loaded in order to test the theory under significantly varied spectrum conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1965
Accession Number
ADA301950

Entities

People

  • A. Drageset
  • D. J. Wilson
  • F. R. Barclay
  • I. R. Cameron
  • R. G. Freemantle

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Elements
  • Energy
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Neutron Lifetime
  • Neutron Spectrum
  • Neutrons
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Plutonium
  • Prompt Neutrons
  • Reactor Reactivity
  • Scattering
  • Temperature Coefficients
  • Transfer Functions
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.