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1162: 141: 155: 248: 59:(ZPPR) research program. Located at Argonne-West, this low-power reactor—designed to operate at a power of only one kilowatt—contributed to an improvement in the techniques and instruments used to measure experimental data. 62:
The AFSR was designed to supplement the existing facilities of the Idaho Division of Argonne National Laboratory. It was designed as a readily available source of both fast and thermal neutrons for use as follows:
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This article incorporates text from the public domain (prepared by or on behalf of the US government) work "Proving the Principle" (2000) which may be found at:
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Stacy, Susan M. "Proving the Principle". Idaho Operations Office of the Department of Energy. Idaho Falls, Idaho. DOE/ID-10799. 2000. Retrieved from:
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In the fall of 1970, this reactor was moved to a new location adjacent to the ZPPR facility at the ANL West site of the NRTS.
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The Argonne Fast Source Reactor was a tool used to calibrate instruments and to study fast reactor physics, augmenting the
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preparation of radioactive metallic foils used in the development of counting and radiochemical techniques;
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Stacy, Susan M. "Proving the Principle – Appendix B: Fifty Years of Reactors at the INEEL". 2000.
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The reactor started up on October 29, 1959, and operated through the late 1970s.
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AFSR operated through the late 1970s. The reactor is now shutdown and defueled.
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checking out complex experimental systems before operation in other reactors;
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developing, testing, calibrating, and standardizing various counters;
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and development of potential experiments in the fast reactor field.
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