Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report [for] Period Ending May 15, 1951 (open access)

Homogeneous Reactor Project Quarterly Progress Report [for] Period Ending May 15, 1951

Technical report outlining the reconstitution of the Homogeneous Reactor Experiment Project (HRE) as the Homogeneous Reactor Project. Report covers the need for a broader developmental program to establish the feasibility of obtaining the potential advantages of homogeneous reactors for the production of fissionable materials and power. Details the ultimate objective of the ORNL program to provide the technical information required to determine the feasibility of a full scale plutonium power producing homogeneous reactor. [From Summary]
Date: October 10, 1951
Creator: Swartout, J. A.; Secoy, C. H. & Winters, C. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library