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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
Munir Ahmad, S. L. Graham, S. M. Grimes, H. Satyanarayana, S. K. Saraf, and S. Stricklin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 90 | Number 3 | July 1985 | Pages 311-319
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A17772
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Total cross sections for the emission of protons and alpha particles have been measured for 9.4- and 11-MeV neutrons incident on a 4.11 mg/cm2 thick Type 316 stainless steel target. A newly developed charged-particle time-of-flight spectrometer was used to obtain (n, xp) and (n, xα) cross-section data. The measured gas-production cross sections have been compared with the values predicted on the basis of measured or calculated cross sections of the constituent materials.