Skip to content
  • Scholarships
  • Honors/Awards
  • Nuclear Careers
  • Policy
  • Nuclear News
  • ANS Store
  • Join
  • Donate
  • Sign In
American Nuclear Society
  • About ANS
      • Mission and Vision
      • Society Structure
      • Governance
      • Position Statements
      • Diversity Statement
      • Respectful Behavior Policy
      • Donate
      • Advertising
      • Join
      • Contact Us
    • About ANS

      ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.

  • About Nuclear
      • Nuclear Science 101
      • Nuclear in Every Classroom
      • Radiation
      • Nuclear Energy
      • Classroom Resources
      • Dose Calculator – How much radiation did I really get?
    • About Nuclear

      Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.

  • Communities
      • Professional Divisions
      • Local Sections/Plant Branches
      • Student Sections
      • Young Members Group
      • Diversity and Inclusion in ANS
    • Division Spotlight

      Isotopes & Radiation

      Isotopes & Radiation

      Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.

  • Meetings
      • Upcoming Meetings
      • Meeting Calendar
      • Past Meetings
      • Webinars
      • Resources
    • Meeting Spotlight

      2021 Student Conference

      April 8–10, 2021

      Virtual Meeting

  • Standards
      • What's New
      • Purchase Standards
      • How to Get Involved
      • Resources
      • ICONS
      • Nuclear Standards News
      • Inquiries
      • Errata
    • Standards Program

      Standards

      The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!

  • Publications
      • ANS Library
      • Magazines
      • Journals
      • Books
      • Newsletters
      • Proceedings
      • Transactions
      • Subscriber Access
    • Latest Magazine Issues

      Mar 2021

      Jul 2020

      Latest Journal Issues

      • Nuclear Science and Engineering

        March 2021

      • Nuclear Technology

        February 2021

      • Fusion Science and Technology

        January 2021

  • Newswire
      • Latest News
    • Latest News

      Complaint filed with FERC over Grand Gulf management

      The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC), the New Orleans City Council, and the Arkansas Public Service Commission on March 2 filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against Entergy Corporation, seeking damages of more than $360 million for what they term the utility’s “imprudent operation” of the Grand Gulf nuclear plant.

      Located in Port Gibson, Miss., Grand Gulf is a single-unit plant with a 1,433-MWe boiling water reactor. The unit, which entered commercial operation in 1985, supplies power to customers of Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Arkansas, and Entergy New Orleans.

  • Search
  • Scholarships
  • Honors/Awards
  • Nuclear Careers
  • Policy
  • Nuclear News
  • ANS Store
  • Join
  • Donate
  • Sign In
  • Home
  • ANS Store
  • Monographs

My Cart

0

Categories

Categories
  • Books
    • Handbooks and Directories
    • Monographs
    • Special Publications
    • Textbooks
  • Bundles
  • Journals
  • Magazines
    • Buyers Guide
  • Merchandise
  • Power Plant Maps
  • Proceedings
    • Meeting Access
  • Public Information
  • Standards
    • Standards Bundles
    • Trial-Use Standards
    • Standards Publications
  • Transactions

Order History

Order History
  • Downloads
  • Invoices

Resources

Resources
  • Journal Articles
  • Standards Sales List — PDF
  • Additional Historical Standards — PDF

Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions
  • Sales and Service
U.S. Fast Burst Reactors: Design and Operational History

U.S. Fast Burst Reactors: Design and Operational History

Theodore R. Schmidt

Item ID: 300037|ISBN: 978-0-89448-580-0

2017|1st Edition|334 pages

Regular Price
Member Price
Savings
Regular Price$39.00
Member Price$35.10
Savings$3.90

ANS Members, please log in to purchase.

Description

Fast burst reactors (FBRs) were some of the few first nonpower, or research, class of reactors to be designed and operated. They were the first reactors to be constructed entirely of highly enriched uranium and the first to demonstrate that core thermal expansion would be sufficient to terminate a pulse. They were also the first nonpower uranium-fueled reactors to operate with a fast-neutron spectrum and to achieve criticality solely using prompt neutrons. FBRs are considered nonpower reactors even though the peak power level in a pulse can be as high as 100,000 MW. Since FBRs use enriched uranium as fuel, all of the FBRs in the United States have been operated in U.S. federal government facilities.

This monograph encompasses and captures the near-total effort of the FBR work in the United States to date. It includes an historical background and technical descriptions of all 14 FBRs designed and the 13 FBRs operated in this country in the past six decades—two of which are still operating. It was written to summarize the wealth of information developed in the design and operation of FBRs and to recognize and preserve the enormous contribution of FBRs to scientific knowledge. It also serves as a textbook on how to design, build, and operate an FBR and its associated facility.

Table of ContentsRecommend to My Librarian

Customers Also Purchased

Problems in Elementary Reactor Physics, with Solutions
Problems in Elementary Reactor Physics, with Solutions
Light Water Reactor Materials, Volume I: Fundamentals
Light Water Reactor Materials, Volume I: Fundamentals
Experimental Technical Bases for Evaluating Vapor/Steam Explosions in Nuclear Reactor Safety
Experimental Technical Bases for Evaluating Vapor/Steam Explosions in Nuclear Reactor Safety
The Never-Ending Challenge of Engineering: Admiral H.G. Rickover in His Own Words
The Never-Ending Challenge of Engineering: Admiral H.G. Rickover in His Own Words
Underway on Nuclear Power! The Man Behind the Words: Eugene P. 'Dennis' Wilkinson, Vice Admiral USN
Underway on Nuclear Power! The Man Behind the Words: Eugene P. "Dennis" Wilkinson, Vice Admiral USN
Dynamics of Nuclear Reactors
Dynamics of Nuclear Reactors
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Nuclear Criticality Safety: Theory and Practice
Nuclear Criticality Safety: Theory and Practice
Introduction to Nuclear Concepts for Engineers
Introduction to Nuclear Concepts for Engineers
Radiation Shielding
Radiation Shielding
Radiochemical Technology in Nuclear Power Plants
Radiochemical Technology in Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2017)
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2017)
Receive Nuclear SmartBrief
Join ANS Today
Donate Today
American Nuclear Society

Advance, foster, and spur the development and application of nuclear science, engineering, and technology to benefit society.

  • Advertising Opportunities
  • Navigating Nuclear
  • Contact Us
  • FacebookFacebook
  • TwitterTwitter
  • LinkedInLinkedIn
  • InstagramInstagram
  • PinterestPinterest
  • ANSNuclearCafeANSNuclearCafe

© Copyright 2021 American Nuclear Society

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Invoices
  • Media