• DocumentCode
    1510123
  • Title

    Boiling Reactor achieves initial criticality

  • Volume
    81
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1962
  • fDate
    5/1/1962 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    383
  • Lastpage
    384
  • Abstract
    At the Atomic Energy Commission´s National Reactor Testing Station near Idaho Falls, Ida., the Boiling Reactor Experiment No. 5 (Borax-5) has achieved initial criticality. This self-sustaining chain reaction was reached with an arrangement of 14 nuclear fuel assemblies, containing a total of 11.2 kilograms of uranium-235. After a period of testing and reactor calibration, components to provide superheating of steam will be installed in the reactor core.
  • Keywords
    Acoustics; Assembly; Cavity resonators; Inductors; Power supplies; Welding; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1962.6446905
  • Filename
    6446905