Preliminary Critical Experiments on a Mock-up of the Los Alamos Molten Plutonium Reactor


Book Description

A series of measurements of critical masses has been made for fast-spectrum plutonium assemblies similar to proposed designs for the Los Alamos Molten Plutonium Reactor Experiment (LAMPRE I). The effectivesness of various systems of reactivity control has been determined. Fission rate distributions and spatial flux variations were obtained for comparison with values computed according to the Sn method.