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The drive to Kairos Power’s reactor demonstration site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is not only scenic—it’s historic. Nearly 85 years ago, roughly 30,000 construction workers transformed orchards and farmland into a key Manhattan Project site. Depending on your route, you may pass by one of the three gatehouses that were once military checkpoints controlling access to Atomic Energy Commission production facilities.
D. Leteinturier, B. Bernardin, M. Blanc, M. Paulin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 106 | Number 1 | September 1990 | Pages 47-54
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A23756
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Core thermal hydraulics of the Superphénix reactor is investigated in the areas of the evaluation of core cooling conditions, thermal balances on core and subassemblies, values of main parameters during operation at power, and specific tests, such as control rod displacement, and their effects on power distribution and power flattening. These points are presented based on the results of calculation and the results obtained during commissioning tests. The margins to safety limits are given and compared to predicted values.