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NEUP honors young ANS members with R&D awards
Each year, the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) recognizes graduate and undergraduate students for their innovative nuclear energy research. The winners of the Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition (INSC) receive honoraria along with travel and conference opportunities, including the chance to present their publications at the annual American Nuclear Society Winter Conference & Expo.
M. Küchle
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 1 | February 1957 | Pages 87-95
doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A15575
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In various graphite piles, where one or two Ra-Be sources were producing a stationary neutron field, the neutron temperature was measured by activating an indium foil, sandwiched between two gold absorbers. The neutron temperature was found to be up to 70°C above the graphite temperature, which is explained by the incomplete thermal equilibrium.
