EBOR
Encyclopedia
The Experimental Beryllium Oxide Reactor (EBOR) was a 10MWt helium
cooled beryllium
moderated
nuclear reactor
at Idaho National Laboratory
. It never achieved criticality.
Helium
Helium is the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table...
cooled beryllium
Beryllium
Beryllium is the chemical element with the symbol Be and atomic number 4. It is a divalent element which occurs naturally only in combination with other elements in minerals. Notable gemstones which contain beryllium include beryl and chrysoberyl...
moderated
Neutron moderator
In nuclear engineering, a neutron moderator is a medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons, thereby turning them into thermal neutrons capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction involving uranium-235....
nuclear reactor
Nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are used for generating electricity and for the propulsion of ships. Usually heat from nuclear fission is passed to a working fluid , which runs through turbines that power either ship's...
at Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory is an complex located in the high desert of eastern Idaho, between the town of Arco to the west and the cities of Idaho Falls and Blackfoot to the east. It lies within Butte, Bingham, Bonneville and Jefferson counties...
. It never achieved criticality.
External links
- EBOR at the Energy Citations DatabaseEnergy Citations DatabaseThe Energy Citations Database was created in 2001 in order to make scientific literature citations, and electronic documents, publicly accessible from U.S. Department of Energy , and its predecessor agencies, at no cost to the user. This database also contains all the unclassified materials...
.