This film shows the design, fabrication, and operation of the first private nuclear energy reactor designed specifically for industrial research — the 50,000- watt solution type reactor built by Atomics International for the Armour Research Foundation, Chicago.
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Courtesy of the National Archives
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Contents:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:06 Core construction
- 02:20 Core overflow section & reflector
- 03:22 Aluminum envelope and more reflector
- 04:22 Biological shielding
- 05:02 instrumentation and control
- 06:30 Fuel fluid
- 06:58 Negative reactivity coeff
- 08:38 Thermal column facility
- 09:55 atmospheric containment
- 10:19 Control room and startup
- 11:16 irradiation tubes
- 12:01 Research and applications