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ased on a radiation survey, that th
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0.5 m 0.5 m 0.5 m 0.5 m 3.0 m 1.4 m
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The investigation identified severa
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To Glovebox 6 7 8 6 From Glovebox 6
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on a 0.4 m square pitch grid. The b
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competing reactivity effects proved
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Figure 35. The precipitation vessel
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B. PHYSICAL AND NEUTRONIC CHARACTER
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Material Fissile Mass: Fissile mass
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235 U Spherical Critical Mass (kg)
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Table 10. Accident Fission Energy R
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• Accidents in shielded facilitie
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• Senior management should be awa
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Table 11. Reactor and Critical Expe
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3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2
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5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 3
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eflector of 236 kg when he noticed
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3. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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At the equatorial plane, the two ha
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Figure 48. The Los Alamos Scientifi
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Figure 50. Burst rod and several se
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On 11 March 1963, the facility chie
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14. Aberdeen Proving Ground, 6 Sept
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completed the construction of the l
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C. MODERATED METAL OR OXIDE SYSTEMS
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63,65,66, 67 4. Chalk River Laborat
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7. Centre dÉtudes Nucleaires de Sa
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a technician prescribing the loadin
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the room to drain the water out of
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In the final experiment, the critic
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3. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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III. POWER EXCURSIONS AND QUENCHING
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Figure 64. Energy model computation
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References 1. Stratton, W. R. A Rev
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50. Paxton, H. C. “Godiva Wrecked
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92. Stone, R. S., H. P. Sleeper, Jr
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criticality accident: The release o
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prompt criticality: State of a fiss
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1. Mayak Production Association, 15
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3. Mayak Production Association, 2
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5. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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7. Mayak Production Association, 5
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9. Siberian Chemical Combine (Tomsk
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13. Siberian Chemical Combine, 2 De
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