Neutronic reactor construction

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1952-12-09

1976-07-06

Behrend, Harvey E.

176 84, G21C 502

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039680070

ABSTRACT:
1. A neutronic reactor comprising a moderator including horizontal layers formed of horizontal rows of graphite blocks, alternate layers of blocks having the rows extending in one direction, the remaining alternate layers having the rows extending transversely to the said one direction, alternate rows of blocks in one set of alternate layers having longitudinal ducts, the moderator further including slotted graphite tubes positioned in the ducts, the reactor further comprising an aluminum coolant tube positioned within the slotted tube in spaced relation thereto, bodies of thermal-neutron-fissionable material, and jackets enclosing the bodies and being formed of a corrosion-resistant material having a low neutron-capture cross section, the bodies and jackets being positioned within the coolant tube so that the jackets are spaced from the coolant tube.

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patent: 1807868 (1931-06-01), Nygaard
atomics (Great Britain), Feb. 1951, pp. 51, 52.
Atomics (Great Britain), June 1951, pp. 176, 180.
The Science and Engineering of Nuclear Power by C. D. Goodman, vol. I, published by Addison-Wesley Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1947, p. 303.
Modern Refractory Practice by Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2nd ed. 1947, pp. 165, 166, 167.

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