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F.<br />

CONTENTS<br />

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FOREWORD V<br />

SUMMARY 1<br />

PART I . REACTOR THEORY. COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT. AND CONSTRUCTION<br />

1 . CIRCULATING-FUEL AIRCRAFT REACTOR EXPERIMENT ..................... 11<br />

Operation of <strong>the</strong> Aircraft Reactor Experiment ................................<br />

11<br />

Low-power experiments ............................................ 12<br />

H igh-power experiments ............................................ 13<br />

Ma<strong>the</strong>matical analysis of approach to critical .............................. 15<br />

Operation of ARE Pumps ............................................. 15<br />

Loading of <strong>the</strong> ARE ................................................ 18<br />

Analysis of Leak in Sodium System ...................................... 18<br />

Preliminary Estimates of Corrosion in ARE<br />

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2 . REFLECTOR-MODERATEDREACTOR .................................. 21<br />

Expansion-Tank and Xenon-Removal System ................................ 21<br />

Control Rod Design Considerations ...................................... 24<br />

Fill and Drain System ............................................... 25<br />

Design Physics ................................................... 26<br />

Activation of <strong>the</strong> lnconel core shells .................................... 26<br />

Ma<strong>the</strong>matical models for reflector-moderated reactors ......................... 28<br />

Proposed ART In sta I lati on s ........................................... 29<br />

3 . EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR ENGINEERING ............................... 41<br />

In-Pi le Loop Component Develppment .................................... 41<br />

Horizontal-shaft sump pump .......................................... 41<br />

Heat exchanger .................................................. 43<br />

Pump Development Program ........................................... 43<br />

ARE-type sump pumps ............................................. 43<br />

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......... ..... 47<br />

Natural-gas burner ................................................ 50<br />

Trap for Fluoride Vapors ............................................. 50<br />

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