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With about seven months left in the race to bring DOE-authorized test reactors on line by July 4, 2026, via the Reactor Pilot Program, Deep Fission has announced that it will break ground on its associated project on December 9 in Parsons, Kansas. It’s one of many companies in the program that has made significant headway in recent months.
J. P. Lestone, A. Gavron
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 116 | Number 3 | March 1994 | Pages 213-217
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE94-A19814
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A statistical model is used with parameters obtained by fitting 232U(n,f) through 236U(n,f) and 238U(n,f) cross-section data to determine the 237U(n,f) fission cross section in the neutron energy range of 0.5 to 20 MeV. Below an incoming neutron energy of 0.5 MeV, the cross section is extrapolated using the neutron energy dependence of the 235U(n,f) reaction. The calculated values to experimental 237U(n,f) cross-section data are compared, and some adjustments are made to the calculated values to obtain a better fit to the existing data.
