Los Alamos National Laboratory
Technical Reports

Water Boiler Reactor

Status report on the water boiler reactor (2.9MB)

PUBLISHED :Feb. 1963.
DESCRIPTION :72 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-2854
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

The antimony-beryllium neutron source for the LASL water boiler reactor
DESCRIPTION :20 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-5571-MS
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Critical Assemblies and Criticality Accidents

A history of critical experiments at Pajarito Site (2.9MB)

AUTHOR :Paxton, H. C. (Hugh C.)
PUBLISHED :Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos National Laboratory ;
Springfield, VA. : available from NTIS, 1983.
SUBJECT :Los Alamos National Laboratory -- History
Atomic weapons -- Testing -- History
Criticality (Nuclear engineering) -- History
DESCRIPTION :v, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-9685-H
NOTES :"History."
"UC-46."
"Issued March 1983."
NOTE :Bibliography: p. 43-48.
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 

Multiplication of neutrons in small spheres of active material (1.5MB)

PUBLISHED :Apr. 7, 1945.
DESCRIPTION :18 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-267
TERMS OF USE :Declassified. Approved for public release: 27 Mar 1996
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Controlled production of an explosive nuclear chain reaction (2.4MB)

PUBLISHED :Sep. 27, 1945.
DESCRIPTION :33 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-397
TERMS OF USE :Declassified. Approved for public release: 08 Nov 1995
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Critical mass measurements for a 25 sphere in Tu and WC tampers (1.8MB)

PUBLISHED :Oct. 30, 1945.
DESCRIPTION :29 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-442
TERMS OF USE :Declassified. Approved for public release: 22 Mar 1996
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

A study of an accidental radiation burst (1.5MB)

PUBLISHED :Mar. 20, 1951.
DESCRIPTION :33 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-1289
TERMS OF USE :Declassified. Approved for public release: 20 Nov 1995
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Burst characteristics associated with the slow assembly of fissionable materials (1.7MB)

PUBLISHED :July 1952.
DESCRIPTION :39 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-1441
TERMS OF USE :Declassified. Approved for public release: 29 Aug 1989
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Early history of criticality safety (486KB)

PUBLISHED :May 1971.
DESCRIPTION :7 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-4671
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Review of criticality accidents (3.9MB)

PUBLISHED :Sep. 1967.
SUBJECT :Nuclear reactors -- Safety measures
Accidents
DESCRIPTION :111 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-3611
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Stratton, William R.
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Revised dose estimates for the criticality excursion at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, May 21, 1946 (662KB)

PUBLISHED :Dec. 1967.
DESCRIPTION :13 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-3861
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Los Alamos critical assemblies facility (921KB)

PUBLISHED :June 1981.
DESCRIPTION :12 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-8762-MS
SOURCE NO. :DE81-026805
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Los Alamos Critical Experiments Facility : 1989 program review (1.3MB)

PUBLISHED :Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos National Laboratory ; Oak Ridge,
TN : available to DOE and DOE contractors from OSTI ;
Springfield, VA : available to the public from NTIS, [1990]
SUBJECT :Los Alamos Critical Experiments Facility
Criticality (Nuclear engineering) -- Research
DESCRIPTION :24 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-11809-MS
SOURCE NO. :DE90-008213 /OSTI
NOTES :"UC-731."
"Issued: May 1990."
NOTE :Includes bibliographical reference (p. 12).
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Leonard, E. M.
:Plassmann, E. A. (Eugene A.)
:Malanify, J. J. (John J.)
Spriggs, G. D. (Gregory D.)
Anderson, R. E.
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 

Training for nuclear criticality safety (159KB)

PUBLISHED :Apr. 1982.
DESCRIPTION :[2] p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LALP-82-13
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

Operating procedures for the Pajarito Site Critical Assembly Facility (1.4MB)

AUTHOR :Malenfant, R. E. (Richard E.)
PUBLISHED :Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos National Laboratory ;
Springfield, VA. : available from NTIS, 1983.
SUBJECT :Pajarito Site Critical Assembly Facility
Criticality (Nuclear engineering) -- Safety measures
DESCRIPTION :iv, 16 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-4037-SOP-Rev.2
NOTES :"Standard Operating Procedures."
"UC-46."
"Issued March 1983."
NOTE :Bibliography: p. 16.
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Pajarito Site Critical Assembly Facility.

 

Pajarito Plan for Radiation Emergency (789KB)

AUTHOR :Malenfant, R. E. (Richard E.)
PUBLISHED :Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos National Laboratory ;
Springfield, VA. : available from NTIS, 1983.
SUBJECT :Criticality (Nuclear engineering) -- Safety measures
Critical assemblies -- Safety measures
Pajarito Site Critical Assembly Facility -- Safety measures
DESCRIPTION :iv, 4 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-4037-SOP-Rev.2-Suppl.1
NOTES :"Standard Operating Procedures."
"UC-46."
"Issued June 1983."
NOTE :Bibliography: p. 4.
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 

Jezebel and godiva : informal report (1.1MB)

PUBLISHED :Feb. 1979.
DESCRIPTION :26 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-7675-MS
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Nickel plating of oralloy for Godiva II (896KB)

PUBLISHED :Mar. 1958.
DESCRIPTION :27 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LAMS-2266
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Time behavior of Godiva through prompt critical (1.7MB)

PUBLISHED :Apr. 1956.
DESCRIPTION :36 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-2029
TERMS OF USE :Declassified. Approved for public release: 29 Aug 1989
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Alternative methods in criticality (7.2MB)

PUBLISHED :Jan. 1982.
DESCRIPTION :302 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-9181-T
SOURCE NO. :DE82-009075
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

 

Critical masses of composites of Oy and Pu-239-240 in Flattop geometry (751KB)

PUBLISHED :Dec. 1960.
DESCRIPTION :18 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LAMS-2489
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Los Alamos critical-mass data (1.8MB)

PUBLISHED :Apr. 1964.
DESCRIPTION :61 p.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LAMS-3067
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

 

Critical dimensions of systems containing 235U, 239Pu, and 233U : 1986 revision (7.6MB)

AUTHOR :Paxton, H. C. (Hugh C.)
PUBLISHED :Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos National Laboratory ;
Springfield, VA : available from NTIS, [1987]
SUBJECT :Criticality (Nuclear engineering)
Critical phenomena (Physics)
Uranium -- Isotopes
Plutonium -- Isotopes
DESCRIPTION :vi, 201 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-10860-MS
SOURCE NO. :DE87-012702 /OSTI
NOTES :"This work was supported by the US Department of Energy,
Office of Nuclear Safety"--Cover p. [2].
"UC-46."
NOTES :"Issued: July 1987."
NOTE :Bibliography: p. 187-199.
AUGMENTED TITLE :Critical dimensions of systems containing uranium two
thirty-five, plutonium two thirty-nine, and uranium two
thirty-three.
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Pruvost, N. L.
OTHER AUTHOR(S) :Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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