Trial Manufacture of Core Subassemblies of CEFR

Engineering department of CEFR selected factories to research manufacturing process of subassemblies in March 2001. By November 2001, the trial productions of several materials have been completed. Meanwhile two B4C shielding subassemblies and two support legs of steel reflecting subassembly, which are used in hydrodynamic and structural stability out-of-pile tests, and three B4C rods which are irradiated in-pile have been assembled.