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DWM=Dale
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JTT=Joe Thomas |
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Peter Angelo |
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Critical Experiments Logbooks 1-108 from RSIC |
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Description (spine or cover) |
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Initial Date |
Final Date |
Remarks |
Experimenters |
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Book 1 |
50 |
January-48 |
January-50 |
Extraction Recovery |
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| 2 |
2%, 5% sphere |
106 |
August-53 |
December-54 |
sol and temperature |
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| 3 |
JTT Solutions |
140 |
July-65 |
July-66 |
Pu Nitrate solution |
J Thomas |
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| 4 |
U(97)O2(NO3)2 |
43 |
May-68 |
July-68 |
solution in Al tank |
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| 5 |
U233 Inventory |
219 |
August-66 |
April-68 |
U233 Criticals - arrays |
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| 6 |
CA-16 |
72 |
January-54 |
June-54 |
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| 7 |
CA-18 |
185 |
March-54 |
June-54 |
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| 8 |
CA 19-20 |
200 |
June-54 |
November-54 |
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| 9 |
CA-24 ART-HC |
107 |
June-55 |
September-55 |
ARE Containers Na-UF6 |
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| 10 |
CA-25 APPR Book 1 |
178 |
September-55 |
November-55 |
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| 11 |
CA-25 APPR Book 2 |
121 |
November-55 |
January-56 |
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| 12 |
Cylinder Exp Book 1 |
279 |
December-62 |
May-63 |
cylinder experiments |
Mihalczo |
***Look at Recent
Taylor-Mihalczo Benchmark*** |
| 13 |
Book 2 |
278 |
May-63 |
November-63 |
7" Be disc - Benchmark-
Cylinders |
Mihalczo |
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| 14 |
Book 3 |
282 |
November-62 |
May-64 |
stack geometries, C reflector, C
core |
Mihalczo |
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| 15 |
Book 4 |
291 |
May-64 |
May-65 |
stack geometries, C reflector, C
core |
Mihalczo |
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| 16 |
Book 5 |
144 |
May-65 |
August-65 |
critical separation 2-3" thick
15" dia cylinders |
Mihalczo |
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| 17 |
Book 7 |
110 |
November-67 |
February-71 |
stack of 7" discs sandwitched
in carbon |
Mihalczo |
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| 18 |
dosimetry log - solutions experiments ORNL |
28 |
October-46 |
September-47 |
"catastrophe
badge" (early PNAD) |
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| 19 |
LA-5 |
15 |
April-46 |
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ion chamber design |
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| 20 |
Critical Assembly Data Pajarito Canyon |
111 |
April-46 |
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historical significance! |
array of UCF6-CH2 cubes |
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| 21 |
LA-1- Log of Crit Mass exp at Los Alamos |
11 |
May-46 |
May-46 |
historical significance! |
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| 22 |
Green Cubes |
33 |
April-46 |
April-46 |
kinetic experiments
(source jerk) |
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| 23 |
Y-12 5-3/8" OD Bottle Arrays |
245 |
September-60 |
December-62 |
67 experiments |
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| 24 |
Tower Shielding Mockup - APR |
56 |
October-55 |
April-56 |
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| 25 |
Solutions experiments |
43 |
August-47 |
September-49 |
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| 26 |
Log |
64 |
February-51 |
May-51 |
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| 27 |
Auto-Radiography/Arrays 8-unit U Cylinders |
276 |
March-70 |
June-73 |
U pieces foam/fiberglass array - J
Thomas |
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| 28 |
Uranium Solution Critical Facility |
122 |
March-59 |
August-59 |
J Thomas et al |
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| 29 |
EGS Plates #2 |
152 |
October-63 |
March-64 |
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| 30 |
HFIR #5 |
80 |
February-72 |
February-75 |
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| 31 |
HFIR #4 |
91 |
February-68 |
February-72 |
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| 32 |
Sample Info |
41 |
April-58 |
July-68 |
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| 33 |
West Assembly Area Log |
39 |
November-70 |
February-75 |
no critical experiments |
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| 34 |
HFIR #1 |
137 |
July-63 |
June-66 |
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| 35 |
HFIR #2 |
155 |
June-66 |
June-67 |
Flooded |
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| 36 |
HFIR #1 |
349 |
December-59 |
January-61 |
with D2O |
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| 37 |
Cans 17 kg U(93)O2 |
39 |
September-73 |
October-73 |
Oxide Cans - DW Magnuson
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| 38 |
U-Metal Slabs H/X =0 to H/X= 5 |
173 |
February-67 |
August-68 |
ORNL-TM-868 DWM |
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| 39 |
Tinker Toy Experiments |
144 |
November-62 |
November-63 |
20 kg U(93.2) /unit |
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| 40 |
H-proton neutron recoil inst |
29 |
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no critical experiments |
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| 41 |
UCF6-CH2 Blocks 95%, 29.8% |
79 |
September-66 |
July-71 |
teflon criticals |
precursor to UF6
criticals |
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| 42 |
Water Analysis |
142 |
April-54 |
April-67 |
waste storage |
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| 43 |
Magnuson - Thomas |
161 |
January-58 |
January-59 |
solutions in bottles |
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| 44 |
EBOR ML-1 |
149 |
March-60 |
October-67 |
UO2(NO3)2 solutions |
Y-12 solutions |
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| 45 |
U (3.85) Rods |
329 |
March-68 |
April-70 |
array of slugs |
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| 46 |
Foils |
15 |
July-58 |
July-64 |
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| 47 |
Pulse Neutron Solution and SPERT D |
235 |
December-62 |
January-65 |
Benchmark 5x6 box of
plates array |
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| 48 |
J thomas |
100 |
December-53 |
August-57 |
Series A-D Experiements |
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| 49 |
Sulfur Foils for FBR |
102 |
November-61 |
March-62 |
irradiations |
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| 50 |
HFIR CE3 Foils |
248 |
March-64 |
December-70 |
DWM |
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| 51 |
Solutions Experiments Book # 1 Exp 1-35 |
139 |
September-47 |
November-47 |
historical significance! |
Callihan, Fox |
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| 52 |
Solutions Experiments Book # 1 Exp 36-150 |
155 |
November-47 |
May-48 |
historical significance! |
Callihan, Fox |
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| 53 |
Solutions Experiments Book # 1 Exp 151-192 |
67 |
May-48 |
August-48 |
H/X 500 |
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| 54 |
Summary of Solutions Experiments |
42 |
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6,7,8" Aluminum
containers |
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| 55 |
Analytical Weightings |
72 |
May-48 |
June-52 |
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| 56 |
K-1095 Nitrate Experiements 315-383 |
160 |
November-49 |
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10-15" Al containers |
Callihan, Fox |
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| 57 |
HFIR # 3 |
91 |
September-67 |
February-68 |
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| 58 |
HFIR CE #5 |
41 |
December-70 |
June-71 |
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| 59 |
CE 2 1961 1962 |
213 |
May-61 |
March-62 |
HFIR |
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| 60 |
ETA Pellets HFIR |
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| 61 |
Misc Inst |
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| 62 |
CE-2 Pulsing 1960 |
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| 63 |
West Cell Pulsing by DWM |
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| 64 |
CA 2&3 |
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| 65 |
SORA Book #1 |
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| 66 |
SORA Book #2 |
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| 67 |
1970 Chem Tech Log DWM |
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Drum Counting |
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| 68 |
Pulse Neutron Subcritical 1966 |
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| 69 |
2% Bk #1 H/X=195 and
294 |
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| 70 |
2% Bk #2 H/X=195 and
294+404 |
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| 71 |
2% Bk #3 H/X=195 and
294,404 & 500 |
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| 72 |
2% Bk #4 H/X=195 and
500 |
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| 73 |
Book #1 3% H/U -4 |
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| 74 |
Bk#5 2% & 3% H/X=615; H/X=279 |
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| 75 |
Snap UO2 |
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| 76 |
Aberdeen Pulse Reactor Book #1 |
318 |
June-66 |
May-67 |
10% Moly, delta T , reactivity |
Taylor, Lynn |
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Aberdeen Pulse Reactor Book #2 |
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May-67 |
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summary |
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| 78 |
INV 83 |
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| 79 |
CA-2 |
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| 80 |
INV 83 |
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| 81 |
Solutions #1 |
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| 82 |
Solutions #2 |
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| 83 |
Tinker Toy Series 4 15 kg/U per unit |
137 |
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**Benchmark** |
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| 84 |
UO2F2 Solutions |
149 |
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**Benchmark** |
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| 85 |
Tinker Toy Series 3 10 kg U per unit |
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**Benchmark** |
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| 86 |
Tinker Toy Series 2 25 kg U per unit |
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**Benchmark** |
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| 87 |
Cubes on Table |
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| 88 |
P&W 5297 |
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KIWI-B Fuel Elements |
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Interaction #1 |
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historical significance! |
Callihan |
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| 90 |
Uranium Buttons |
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U metal buttons |
Lynn, Mihalczo |
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NB-WI-4 |
131 |
July-49 |
August-54 |
Electronics |
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Room 202 NB-WI-4 |
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March-59 |
December-67 |
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| 93 |
NB-WI-3 |
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NB-WI-2 |
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| 95 |
U(4.98)O2F2 Cylinders in steel shells |
171 |
June-67 |
September-70 |
Fe and H2O Reflectors |
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UO2F2 Solution #6 |
120 |
September-70 |
July-71 |
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Solutions #3 U(4.9)O2F2 |
302 |
September-62 |
April-65 |
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Solutions #4 U(4.9)O2F2 |
304 |
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| 99 |
U(4.9) rods #5 |
243 |
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U(4.9) rods #6 |
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| 101 |
U(4.9) rods #3 |
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| 102 |
U(4.9) rods #4 |
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| 103 |
HTRE Fuel Elements U(4.9) rods #1 |
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| 104 |
U(4.9) rods #2 |
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| 105 |
"10152" K-1095 Interaction Experiments |
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"10153" K-1095 Interaction Experiments |
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| 107 |
Bk 7 1970, 1971, 1967 |
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November-67 |
February-71 |
stacked discs |
Taylor,Lynn., Mihalczo |
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Bk 8 SPH 1971-72 |
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February-71 |
March-72 |
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THOMAS UF6 Cylinders NOT AMONGST THIS SET!!! |
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