Diagram showing numerous facilities of core
This diagram shows the numerous "facilities" of the Plum Brook reactor core. Each of these was given a unique name (LA-7 or RD-3, for example). The facilities in the fuel area (left side) contained cadmium and beryllium movable regulating rods around the exterior, three shim safety rods, and twelve fixed reflector plugs or experiments. The unfueled right side of the core box contained facilities for inserting up to thirty-two experiments. Three of those facilities (with circles) were hooked up to pneumatic rabbit tubes to provide quick insertion and removal of experiments.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: CS-46328
Date:
Diagram showing numerous facilities of core
This diagram shows the numerous "facilities" of the Plum Brook reactor core. Each of these was given a unique name (LA-7 or RD-3, for example). The facilities in the fuel area (left side) contained cadmium and beryllium movable regulating rods around the exterior, three shim safety rods, and twelve fixed reflector plugs or experiments. The unfueled right side of the core box contained facilities for inserting up to thirty-two experiments. Three of those facilities (with circles) were hooked up to pneumatic rabbit tubes to provide quick insertion and removal of experiments.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: CS-46328
Date: