Title: DESIGN AND SAFEGUARDS CONSIDERATIONS OF THE THIRTY MEGAWATT GENERAL ELECTRIC TEST REACTOR
Abstract: A review is presented of the design, construction, performance characteristics, and safeguards considerations of the 30-Mw General Electric Test Reactor under construction at Vallecitos. The heterogeneous core, cooled and moderated by light water, is contained in a slender Al pressure vessel submerged in a water pool. Experimental facilities may be placed in both the large irradiation zone of the pool and the high flux zone of the reactor core. The reactor is cooled by n primary system which transfers heat to a secondary system for dissipation in a cooling tower. The reactor coolant system, experimental facilities, and servicing canal are housed in a four-story concrete structure enclosed in a steel containment vessel. Supporting facilities are described. (M.H.R.)
Publication Year: 1958
Publication Date: 1958-10-31
Language: en
Type: article
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