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G. P. Mulholland, T. F. Luera, A. De La Paz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | August 1977 | Pages 33-39
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31848
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The thermal shock effects that occur in a fast burst reactor (FBR) during its operation are analyzed. The thermoelastic displacement equation for radial motion is solved for a reactor initially at rest and having stress-free boundaries. Numerical results are presented for the dynamic displacements and stresses that occur in the White Sands Missile Range FBR for a burst of 1.2 × 1017 fissions, a pulse width of 39 µs with the peak power reached in 119 µs.
