Civilengtiger: Updated page with additional information and references from ANL.
'''Argonne Fast Source Reactor''' ('''AFSR''') was a [[research reactor]] which was located at the [[Argonne National Laboratory]], a [[United States Department of Energy national laboratories|United States Department of Energy national laboratory]], facility located in the high desert of southeastern [[Idaho]] between [[Idaho Falls, Idaho]] and [[Arco, Idaho]].
==History==
The Argonne Fast Source Reactor was a tool used to calibrate instruments and to study fast reactor physics, augmenting the [[Zero Power Plutonium Reactor]] (ZPPR) research program. Located at Argonne-West, this low-power reactor—designed to operate at a power of only one kilowatt—contributed to an improvement in the techniques and instruments used to measure experimental data.<ref name=PTP />
The AFSR was designed to supplement the existing facilities of the Idaho Diviison of Argonne National Laboratory. It was designed as a readily available source of both fast and thermal neutrons for use as follows:
*developing, testing, calibrating, and standardizing various counters;
*Preparation of radioactive metallic foils used in the development of counting and radiochemical techniques;
*checking out complex experimental systems before operation in other reactors;
*and development of potential experiments in the fast reactor field.<ref name=BASRR />
In the fall of 1970, this reactor was moved to a new location adjacent to the ZPPR facility at the ANL West site of the NRTS.<ref name=BASRR />
The reactor started up on October 29, 1959 and operated through the late 1970s.<ref name=PTP>https://ift.tt/37zf5CM Stacy, Susan M. “Proving the Principle – Appendix B: Fifty Years of Reactors at the INEEL”. 2000.</ref>
==Design==
AFSR was designed and built in 1958 near [[EBR-I]] on the [[National Reactor Testing Station]] (NRTS). AFSR had a design power of one kilowatt.<ref name=BASRR>https://ift.tt/2J7SjbL "Basic and Applied Science Research Reactors" Reactors Designed by Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory. Accessed December 20, 2020.</ref>
==Decommissioning==
AFSR operated through the late 1970s. The reactor is now shutdown and defueled.<ref name=BASRR />
==Bibliography==
*Stacy, Susan M. “Proving the Principle.” Idaho Operations Office of the Department of Energy. Idaho Falls, Idaho. DOE/ID-10799. 2000. Retreived from: https://ift.tt/2WzDSQU
*This article incorporates text from the <i>public domain</i> (prepared by or on behalf of the US government) work “Proving the Principle” (2000) which may be found at: https://ift.tt/2WzDSQU.
*This article incorporates text from the <i>public domain</i> (prepared by or on behalf of the US government) work “Reactors Designed by Argonne National Laboratory” which may be found at: https://ift.tt/34vbcwJ
==See also==
}}
*[[Argonne National Laboratory]]
*[[Idaho National Laboratory]]
*[[List_of_nuclear_research_reactors#United_States]]
==References==
Citations
[[Category:Nuclear research reactors]]
==History==
The Argonne Fast Source Reactor was a tool used to calibrate instruments and to study fast reactor physics, augmenting the [[Zero Power Plutonium Reactor]] (ZPPR) research program. Located at Argonne-West, this low-power reactor—designed to operate at a power of only one kilowatt—contributed to an improvement in the techniques and instruments used to measure experimental data.<ref name=PTP />
The AFSR was designed to supplement the existing facilities of the Idaho Diviison of Argonne National Laboratory. It was designed as a readily available source of both fast and thermal neutrons for use as follows:
*developing, testing, calibrating, and standardizing various counters;
*Preparation of radioactive metallic foils used in the development of counting and radiochemical techniques;
*checking out complex experimental systems before operation in other reactors;
*and development of potential experiments in the fast reactor field.<ref name=BASRR />
In the fall of 1970, this reactor was moved to a new location adjacent to the ZPPR facility at the ANL West site of the NRTS.<ref name=BASRR />
The reactor started up on October 29, 1959 and operated through the late 1970s.<ref name=PTP>https://ift.tt/37zf5CM Stacy, Susan M. “Proving the Principle – Appendix B: Fifty Years of Reactors at the INEEL”. 2000.</ref>
==Design==
AFSR was designed and built in 1958 near [[EBR-I]] on the [[National Reactor Testing Station]] (NRTS). AFSR had a design power of one kilowatt.<ref name=BASRR>https://ift.tt/2J7SjbL "Basic and Applied Science Research Reactors" Reactors Designed by Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory. Accessed December 20, 2020.</ref>
==Decommissioning==
AFSR operated through the late 1970s. The reactor is now shutdown and defueled.<ref name=BASRR />
==Bibliography==
*Stacy, Susan M. “Proving the Principle.” Idaho Operations Office of the Department of Energy. Idaho Falls, Idaho. DOE/ID-10799. 2000. Retreived from: https://ift.tt/2WzDSQU
*This article incorporates text from the <i>public domain</i> (prepared by or on behalf of the US government) work “Proving the Principle” (2000) which may be found at: https://ift.tt/2WzDSQU.
*This article incorporates text from the <i>public domain</i> (prepared by or on behalf of the US government) work “Reactors Designed by Argonne National Laboratory” which may be found at: https://ift.tt/34vbcwJ
==See also==
}}
*[[Argonne National Laboratory]]
*[[Idaho National Laboratory]]
*[[List_of_nuclear_research_reactors#United_States]]
==References==
Citations
[[Category:Nuclear research reactors]]
from Wikipedia - New pages [en] https://ift.tt/2KI7V66
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment