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Design for a Fast Flux Liquid Metal Loop in the Advanced Test Reactor

Description: The purpose of this document is to present criteria for the Titles I and II design of the Fast Flux Loop Facility which is to be a part of the Advanced Test Reactor. This facility is to be used for irradiation of fast reactor assemblies under simulated fast reactor operating conditions.
Date: July 1962
Creator: Babcock & Wilcox Company. Atomic Energy Division.
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EOCR Control Rod and Driver Fuel Hydraulic Tests

Description: Report discussing the results of experiments on an EOCR prototype control rod, control rod drive, and driver fuel assembly that were extensively tested in 500 deg F Santowax and 132 deg F water. These tests not only established the operating characteristics of these assemblies but also revealed a number of deficiencies in the various components. It includes descriptions of the control rod, control rod drive, and driver fuel assembly together with descriptions of their method of operation.
Date: October 19, 1962
Creator: Harrison, L. J.
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MUFT Revision : A Fast Neutron Spectrum Code for the IBM-650

Description: Report documenting the MUFT-R program, which is "designed to solve the fast neutron transport problem for general mixtures of elements and obtain sets of average fast neutron diffusion constants for specified portions of the fast energy spectrum" (p. iii). Includes detailed derivations of utilized equations.
Date: 1962
Creator: Grimesey, Robert A.; Mullen, Frank Edward & Gannon, L. J.
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