Accession Number:

ADA275643

Title:

The TRIGA Reactor Facility at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute: A Simplified Technical Description. revision

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD

Personal Author(s):

• Moore, Mark L.

Report Date:

1994-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

This publication provides a simplified technical description of the TRIGA research reactor at AFRRI. Topics covered include general principles of reactor operation and a description of the TRIGA reactor and its unique features.

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR REACTORS
• *FISSION
• *REACTOR SHIELDING MATERIALS
• *RESEARCH REACTORS
• COOLING
• GAMMA RAYS
• NEUTRONS
• REACTOR OPERATION
• REACTOR FUEL RODS
• REACTOR CORES
• CONTROL RODS
• NUCLEAR REACTIONS
• RADIOBIOLOGY
• LEAD(METAL)
• RADIATION DOSAGE
• REACTOR FUELS
• EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Power Plants and Fission Reactor Engineering
• Nuclear Radiation Shielding, Protection and Safety
• Fission Reactor Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE