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Argonne researching “climate-ready” nuclear plant design
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have partnered with Washington state–based Energy Northwest to look at alternative ways to cool nuclear reactors as climate change impacts relied-upon water sources.
Guohui Zhang, Guoyou Tang, Jinxiang Chen, Zhaomin Shi, Guangzhi Liu, Xuemei Zhang, Zemin Chen, Yu. M. Gledenov, M. Sedysheva, G. Khuukhenkhuu
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 134 | Number 3 | March 2000 | Pages 312-316
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE00-A2119
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A gridded ionization chamber was used to measure the differential cross sections for tritons from the 6Li(n,t)4He reaction at 3.67 and 4.42 MeV. Neutrons were produced via the D(d,n)3He reaction. The absolute neutron flux was determined through the 238U(n,f) and H(n,p) reactions. At 3.67 MeV the result is almost 90 deg symmetric, but it is obviously forward peaked at 4.42 MeV in the center-of-mass reference system.
