The Water Boiler - 1st enriched uranium reactor
05/1944 AD built
Kerst designed an aqueous homogeneous reactor in which enriched uranium in the form of soluble uranium sulfate, was dissolved in water, and surrounded by a beryllium oxide neutron reflector.
It was the first reactor to employ enriched uranium as a fuel, and required most of the world's meager supply at the time. A sufficient quantity of enriched uranium arrived at Los Alamos by April 1944, and the Water Boiler commenced operation in May. By the end of June it had achieved all of its design goals.
Los Alamos, NM
Lattitude: 35.8911° N
Longitude: 106.2977° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 35.8911° N
Longitude: 106.2977° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What built?
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National ... -
Donald William Kerst American physicist who w...
Objects To Whom or What was built?
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Nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor is a d...
Events in 1944 MORE
