Sentence examples for critical assembly from inspiring English sources
The purpose of the cylindrical tamper was to reflect neutrons back into the critical assembly, thus containing the chain reaction for a fraction of a second, until enough matter was converted into energy to destroy Hiroshima.
And, worryingly, she, like her rivals, has been unwilling to rule out General Wiranto as a possible vice-president.God, soldiers and politicians best kept separateOn Thursday, amid much political manoeuvring and before a speech in which Mr Habibie was due to defend his record to a largely critical assembly, only one other presidential choice seemed likely.
"It all happened because the structure of the critical assembly was very fragile," Parfanovich told Science.
For validation of the nuclear design code system for the HTTR, a critical assembly of VHTRC had been constructed.
To resolve and simplify the critical assembly issue regarding the interposer of 3D integrated circuits (3D-ICs), a prototype of an embedded interposer carrier (EIC) is developed and demonstrated.
The fission-spectrum measurements were made using a fission chamber designed by the National Institute for Standards and Technology NISTT) in the BIG TEN critical assembly, as part of the Inter-laboratory Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Reaction Rate (ILRR) collaboration.
Reliability and lifetime are the two most relevant design considerations in the production of safety critical assemblies.
Evaluation of Cm-244 and Np-237 was calculated by TRANSX and DANTSYS for critical assemblies, JEZEBEL and FLATTOP.
The obtained uncertainties were propagated to reactivity coefficients calculated for critical assemblies operating in "cold" conditions (temperature below 80 °C) and for PWR in "hot" operating conditions (300 °C).
However as a first step, identification of prominent failures in the critical assemblies of a wind turbine using available inspection methods and making provisions to control their occurrence would make significant contribution in improving wind turbine reliability.
Hardware capabilities of the facility allow creation of the critical assemblies with the outer diameter and height of the side reflector of up to 3.8 and 4.6 m, respectively.
