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Masters Theses

1972

<p>Nuclear fuel rods -- Calibration<br />Measurement<br />Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Design<br />Engineering instruments -- Design and construction</p>

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An Accurate Digital Instrument To Measure Reactor Period, Ernest Wayne Scott Jan 1972

An Accurate Digital Instrument To Measure Reactor Period, Ernest Wayne Scott

Masters Theses

"At facilities having a research-training reactor, such as the University of Missouri-Rolla Reactor (UMRR), one finds it necessary to perform a large number of rod calibrations during the course of the year. In practice rod worths are determined by measuring the reactor period created by an incremental withdrawal of the rod under calibration. Period is then related to reactivity thru the use of a publication such as the AEC publication, TID-4500.

This frequent measurement of period makes it desirable to have a simple, automatic and accurate method to make such measurements. At UMRR we have designed, constructed and installed such …