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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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DOE-EM awards $74.8M Oak Ridge support services contract
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has awarded a five-year contract worth up to $74.8 million to Independent Strategic Management Solutions for professional support services at the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management site in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
G. W. Dixon, R. Sher
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 41 | Number 3 | September 1970 | Pages 357-366
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE70-A19094
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Thermal neutron spectra have been measured with good spatial resolution within a unit cell in several H2O-moderated natural uranium lattices and in one graphite-moderated lattice. The H2O-moderated lattices had water-to-uranium volume ratios of 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1, with fuel rod diameters of 2.54 cm. Dysprosium-164, 151Eu, 176Lu, and 115In were used as detectors, and both activation ratios and unfolded spectra are compared with THERMOS code calculations. The agreement between the results and the calculations is satisfactory; however, the agreement in the water regions is generally much better than in the fuel regions of the H2O-moderated lattices. In the graphite lattice, the agreement of results with THERMOS calculations using a free gas kernel is poor, while calculations with a crystalline kernel show better agreement.