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Experimental Stress Analysis of EGCR Pressure Vessel

Description: Report regarding the structural evaluations made of the upper head of the Experimental Gas Cooled Reactor (EGCR). This report includes descriptions of the model, experimental procedures, and analyses of the results. Appendix begins on page 139.
Date: 1961
Creator: Greenstreet, B. L.; Holland, R. W.; Maxwell, R. L.; Witt, F. J.; Shobe, L. R. & LaVerne, M. E.
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Failure Test of a Double Chambered NaK-Filled Irradiation Capsule

Description: Report describing tests "in which a double chambered irradiation capsule containing NaK (sodium-potassium alloy) in its inner chamber was deliberately perforated to allow NaK (the heat transfer medium) and water to react within the capsule chambers" (p. 2). The report includes descriptions of the materials used in the tests, test procedures, and results.
Date: September 1961
Creator: Kosut, B. S.; Leggett, R. D. & Marshall, R. K.
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Large-Scale Slurry-Circulation System, 300-SM

Description: Design philosophy, status of component development, operational procedures, and limitations of each section of the Oak Ridge large-scale, high-temperature, thoria slurry facility.
Date: December 21, 1961
Creator: Parsly, L. F., Jr.; Falkenberry, H. L.; Harley, P. H.; Miller, I. M. & Kenyon, V. L.
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