• DocumentCode
    772229
  • Title

    Instrumentation at the Los Alamos Critical Assembly Laboratory

  • Author

    Helmick, Herbert H.

  • Author_Institution
    University of California Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1964
  • Firstpage
    358
  • Lastpage
    364
  • Abstract
    A summary is presented of the various types of electronic instrumentation used at the Los Alamos Critical Assembly Laboratory. Also discussed is automatic data handling equipment as well as the nature of command and readout signals used on remote control critical assembly machines. Equipment is described for performing prompt neutron lifetime measurements by the Rossi-¿ method, pile oscillator technique, and the power fluctuation experiment.
  • Keywords
    Assembly; Automatic control; Data handling; Fluctuations; Instruments; Laboratories; Lifetime estimation; Neutrons; Oscillators; Performance evaluation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1964.4323369
  • Filename
    4323369