Timeline for For Fermi's CP-1 experiments, why didn't they use much smaller slugs of natural uranium?
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| Sep 4, 2023 at 0:37 | comment | added | Young Jun Lee | Hello, thank you for your answer. I have read the post you have linked, and while there was no direct reason for why the slugs of Uranium were a particular size in the particular link, I can get a sense that Fermi did so using rigorous theory and experimental data. However, with reactor designs such as CANDU, I also get the impression that advancements in knowledge have made it so natural uranium reactors can be created more efficiently. Perhaps by using deuterium, the slug sizes can be decreased so that individuals can attempt to replicate CP-1 feasibly. Thank you. | |
| Sep 4, 2023 at 0:27 | vote | accept | Young Jun Lee | ||
| Aug 31, 2023 at 12:12 | history | answered | NuclearFission | CC BY-SA 4.0 |