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Godiva IV Critical Assembly Machine Reassembly and Startup
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Godiva IV Critical Assembly Machine Reassembly and Startup

J Goda, D Hayes and R Sanchez
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol.109(1), pp.893-896
11/14/2013

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Assembly Bursting Critical experiments Dismantling Fuels Molybdenum base alloys Nuclear fuels Uranium
Godiva IV is a fast burst assembly with approximately 65 kg of highly enriched uranium fuel alloyed with 1.5% molybdenum for strength.[1] Experiments were conducted with Godiva IV by the Los Alamos Critical Experiment Facility (LACEF) team at Technical Area (TA) 18 at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1967-2004. In 2004, operations were stopped and in 2005 the fuel was disassembled and packaged for shipping.[2]

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