Water-Loss Test at the Low Intensity Testing Reactor

Abstract

This is a report on the water-loss experiments performed at the LITR during 1951, 1952, and 1953 to determine the temperature rise of the fuel elements due to the decay heat of the fission products when the water was suddenly drained from the reactor. Tests were performed with the reactor operating at several power levels up to 2300 kw with and without an auxiliary cooling system.