MARTY CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS SUMMARY OF 4% ENRICHED UO2 CORES STUDIED FOR NMSR

The nuclear design information for the NS Savannah propulsion system was developed in a series of critical experiments. The Atomic Energy Commission issued a license to Babcock & Wilcox to conduct these experiments using 4% enriched UO2. The fuel rods were used in full scale mock- ups, rather than in parameter surveys, the parameters having been previously established by the AEC. The test instruments, methods of testing and test results are documented. These results served as the basis for the final core design.

• Corporate Authors:

  Babcock and Wilcox Company

  New York, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Ball, R M
  • MacKinney, A L
  • Mortenson, J H
• Publication Date: 1961-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 233 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Nuclear fuels; Nuclear reactor cores; Nuclear reactors
• Old TRIS Terms: Nuclear reactor design
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026448
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: AT(30-3)-274, B&W-60-0048
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1973 12:00AM