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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.
Thomas E. Booth
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 154 | Number 1 | September 2006 | Pages 48-62
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE05-05
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A method for simultaneously obtaining the two largest eigenvalues and their associated eigenfunctions is demonstrated mathematically and empirically. The method uses estimates of the eigenvalue in two different regions rather than the single estimate traditionally used. The method can be generalized to obtain the several largest eigenfunctions, if those are desired as well. Additionally, it is shown that using multiple estimates of the eigenvalues accelerates the convergence of the eigenfunctions.