General Description of Proposed Re-entry Shuttle System

1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED RE-ENTRY SHUTTLE SYSTEM 

The loading terminal provides the means for insertion of the loaded shuttle into the system. Two S bends in the section within the reactor structure reduce the streaming of radiation outward through the tube. The shuttle is stopped at the active lattice by a pneumatic shock absorber. After irradiation the shuttle is propelled out of the reactor to the transfer unit, from which.it is sent either to the unloading terminal in the basement or to the laboratory selector. If sent to the laboratory selector, it is then directed to the unloading terminal in any one of the four laboratories provided with this facility. 

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