Predicted behaviour of the AGN 201 reactor at high power levels
By: W. B. H. Cooke
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Temperature; Mechanical engineering; Transmission; Radioisotopes; Nuclear energy; Engineering; Neutron flux; Mathematical analysis; Heat; Nuclear reactions; Performance; Nuclear reactors; Equations
Description: In anticipation of the AGN 201 nuclear reactor's operation at a power of 1,000 watts for short periods of time and at 20 watts continuously, a prediction of the behavior during a rapid power rise is obtained from digital computer solutions of the reactor kinetic equations. The experimental and analytical work which provided the coefficients for the equations is outlined. Solutions of the equations indicate the peak power which may be achieved, the time during which 1,000 watts may be obtained, and the temperature rise that results.
Notes: Thesis Advisor(s): Handle, Harry E.

"January 1961."

Description based on title screen as viewed on June 2, 2010.

DTIC Descriptor(s): (Nuclear Reactors, Performance (Engineering)), Mathematical Analysis, Radioactive Isotopes, Heat Transfer, Kinetic Energy, Digital Computers, Nuclear Energy, Equations, Temperature, Neutron Flux, Nuclear Reactions.

DTIC Identifier(s): AGN-201 Reactors.

Thesis (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 62).

"Approved for public release, distribution unlimited"--Cover.

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Royal Canadian Navy author.

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