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NextGen MURR to partner with Burns & McDonnell
The University of Missouri has entered a consulting agreement with construction firm Burns & McDonnell to develop NextGen MURR, a new 20-MW light water research reactor that will produce medical isotopes for cancer treatments and theranostics and will be used to conduct neutron science research.
Dennis S. Tucker, John D. Fowler, Jr., Frank W. Clinard, Jr.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 3 | November 1985 | Pages 2696-2703
Technical Paper | Materials Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A24690
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Several epoxy- and polyimide-based fiber-reinforced materials were irradiated to neutron fluences of 4.1 × 1021 n/m2, E > 0.1 MeVat 4.2 K. Postirradiation testing of mechanical and electrical properties was performed at 77 and 300 K. Mechanical strength was observed to decrease for the epoxy-based materials while the polyimide-based materials showed essentially no change in strength. Electrical properties revealed little or no pattern of degradation at all levels of radiation exposure.