Terminal Report on the Mighty Mouse Highflux Research Reactor Project

Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION This report is a documentation, from inception in 1955 to termination in 1958, of the research and development program pertinent to the conceptual design and ultimate construction at Argonne of an advanced research reactor with a peak thermal flux of 5 x 10 n/(cm)(sec). More specifically, it describes the basic reactor complex, the problems involved, the various approaches pursued, the present status and estimated cost of the project, along with recommendations for future research and development essential to the successful culmination of the project. A preliminary design study of this reactor concept, identified as the Mighty Mouse Research Reactor, was published as ANL-5688.-'-The advanced research programs in the fields of chemistry, physics, and metallurgy, that would be facilitated in the environment provided by the Mighty Mouse Reactor are outlined in Appendix A.