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The Alco Products Inc. Criticality Facility : Description and Operation

Description: The Alco Products Criticality Facility, site location, and operating procedures are described in detail, including the handling of fissionable material and the operating procedures for the safe performance of critical experiments.
Date: July 16, 1958
Creator: Noaks, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of Boron and Hafnium in APPR Control Rods

Description: There is a possibility of dimensional instability in the B-10-iron APPR-1 control rods due to helium production. This effect will be evaluated in this study.
Date: unknown
Creator: Johnson, W. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermal Stresses in the Pressure Vessel of the APPR-1

Description: The thermal stress in the vessel wall depends upon the temperature distribution in the vessel wall. This study will focus on how the temperature distribution was calculated.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kroeger, H. & Silks, T. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hot Channel Factors and Power Distribution for the APPR-1

Description: The hot channel factors and power distribution for the APPR-1 has been reviewed in light of the most recent reactor analysis and metallurgical information. An estimate of the heat release (per unit area) in the absorber section is included so that surface temperature of the absorber section can be checked
Date: unknown
Creator: Gallagher, J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Description: The purpose of this analysis is to determine the shielding requirements for irradiated APPR-1 fuel elements both in the fuel element storage pit and in transit to the reprocessing plant.
Date: unknown
Creator: Fairbanks, R. B. & Morse, D. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Critical Mass Calculation for AOOR-1 Critical Experiment

Description: In order to check previous calculations, and to provide a tool for future analytical work on APPR type reactors, a calculation to predict the critical mass of the APPR critical experiment has been performed
Date: unknown
Creator: Gallagher, J. G.; Giesler, H. W. & Johnson, W. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Calculation of Control Rod Worth in APPR-1

Description: 7 rods were used in the APPR-1 rather than 5. The critical experiments and calculations from the use of the rods, including the capability of any four to shut down the cold reactor are examined in this study.
Date: unknown
Creator: Giesler, H. W. & Gallagher, J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermal Analysis of APPR-1 at Midlife : Based on Actual Core Design

Description: The purpose of the study is to determine the calculated margin between peak surface temperature and the maturation temperature corresponding to a pressure of 1200 psia.
Date: unknown
Creator: Johnson, Carl Gunnard, 1902-1966
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Primary System Blowdown by Rupture Disc Failure

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the time required for blowdown of the primary system when the rupture disc fails, and the effect of blowdown on the control rods during scram.
Date: unknown
Creator: Johnson, Carl G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Matrix Inversion on IBM 650-Program 40

Description: A computer program designed to solve matrix inversion equations on an IBM 650
Date: unknown
Creator: Fairbanks, F. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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APPR-1 Axial Non-Uniform Burn-Up-Initial Studies

Description: Calculations used in previous studies are being modified with the results reported in this study.
Date: unknown
Creator: Fairbanks, F. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Temperature Distribution and Thermal Stress in Reactor Core APPR-1

Description: The study was conducted to determine the adequacy of the fuel element structural design of APPR-1. The results obtained lead to the conclusion that the element design is structurally sound for all normal operating conditions from the standpoint of thermal stress.
Date: unknown
Creator: Berggren, W. P. & Kroeger, H. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermal Analysis of APPR-1 Core-III

Description: The axial variation of metal surface temperature, within the central control red fuel section, was calculated from the worst anticipated axial power flux distribution and the average coolant flow velocity through the core.
Date: unknown
Creator: Harvey, C H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Results and Analysis of the APPR-1 Zero Power Experiments : Part 1

Description: This report contains the results of the initial experiments performed on the APPR-1 core at the Alco Critical Facility, an interpretation of the experimental measurements, and a plan of operation for the APPR-1.
Date: unknown
Creator: Giesler, H. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Emergency Shutdown of the APPR-1 by Poisoning with Boron

Description: As described in this report, the APPR-1 will be operated with Rods A and B full out and with the other five rods ganged.
Date: unknown
Creator: Meem, J. L. & Knighton, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Shielding Calculations for APPR-1 Demineralizer Shipping Containers

Description: Calculations have been performed to determine the thickness of lead shielding required for a shipping container for a demineralizer used with the APPR-1 reactor facility.
Date: unknown
Creator: DeYoung, R. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Control Rod Drive Development

Description: This study was conducted to determine the operating and performance characteristics of the ORNL concept of control rod drive mechanism as applied to APPR-1
Date: unknown
Creator: Tully, J. P.; Connolly, T. F. & Anderson, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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