Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment, Quarterly Technical Report: April 1958 - June 1958 (open access)

Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment, Quarterly Technical Report: April 1958 - June 1958

Quarterly technical report discussing progress and activities of the Liquid Metal Fuel Reactor Experiment.
Date: April 1958
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor:  Design of the MMSR Primary Shield (open access)

Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor: Design of the MMSR Primary Shield

The purpose of this report is to describe the shielding calculations and techniques used in sizing the MMSR primary shield, the results obtained, and the resulting shield thicknesses. The present report covers many of the items scheduled for presentation in the final MMSR shield design report to be issued in November of 1958. The primary shield in the MMSR consists of the reflector, thermal shields, pressure vessel wall, a 33" water annulus and a layer of lead shielding at the exterior of the primary shield tank vary from 3" to 1" in thickness.
Date: April 1958
Creator: Smith, W. R. & Turner, M. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library