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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
J. W. Hanna, W. O. Ewing, Jr. W. E. Baker
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 3 | September 1959 | Pages 214-221
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25661
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This paper presents the results of an experimental study of the elastic response of four geometrically scaled models of nuclear reactor outer containment shells to internal blast loading. The character of response of the shells to dynamic loading is determined with the shells unsupported (suspended in air) and with the shells half-buried in the ground. Geometrical modeling of the response is verified for both support conditions. The results of a static pressure test of one vessel show that dynamic response cannot be inferred from static considerations.
