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Nuclear Dirigo
On April 22, 1959, Rear Admiral George J. King, superintendent of the Maine Maritime Academy, announced that following the completion of the 1960 training cruise, cadets would begin the study of nuclear engineering. Courses at that time included radiation physics, reactor control and instrumentation, reactor theory and engineering, thermodynamics, shielding, core design, reactor maintenance, and nuclear aspects.
D. W. Stevens
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 10 | October 1967 | Pages 626-634
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27922
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The thermal conductivity of loose, pyrolytic carbon-coated fuel particles in helium was studied at temperatures from 1800 to 2700°F using a convenient comparative technique. The conductivities of coated particles with both 150- and 795-µm overall diameters were shown to rise and then remain constant as the helium pressure was increased to 4 atm. Measurements using particles with various coating thicknesses and structures indicated that bed conductivity was relatively insensitive to the properties of the coating.
