Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: February-July 1958 (open access)

Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report: February-July 1958

Report documenting the ongoing research and developments of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Homogeneous Reactor Project.
Date: February 4, 1959
Creator: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Response of a Low-Geometry Scintillation Counter to Fission and Other Products (open access)

Response of a Low-Geometry Scintillation Counter to Fission and Other Products

Abstract: The theoretical response of a low-geometry scintillation counter to any photon-emitting nuclide whose decay scheme is known is developed. It is used to compute the counting rate, as a function of time, of (1) individual and total fission products resulting from. 10^4 simultaneous slow-neutron fissions of U^235 and (2) several other nuclides for 10 initial atoms. The calculations extend from ~45 min to 301 days after fission.
Date: February 4, 1959
Creator: LaRiviere, P. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contraction rates of H and K reactors (open access)

Contraction rates of H and K reactors

It was found from graphite irradiations that the changes can be described by a growth component and a contraction component, and that the contraction is a linear function of exposure, while the growth is a function of both exposure and temperature which saturated at high exposures, say 3000 MWD/a ton. A graph is included. Contraction rate is determined for KW, KE, and H piles.
Date: February 4, 1959
Creator: Richey, C. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library