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John R. Morton III, James M. Piowaty, Joseph Petruzzi, Loren Gardner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 21 | Number 3 | March 1965 | Pages 289-295
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE65-A20031
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Reactivity worth measurements are reported for various metal plates in a quasi-homogeneous subcritical assembly of enriched uranium and beryllium oxide. Worths of nickel, iron, cobalt, gold, Hastelloy R-235 and René 41 were measured in this system using the pulsed-neutron method. Equivalences were determined between these absorber materials and the fueled-core material. The results indicate that the prompt lifetime of this system is relatively insensitive to massive localized absorbers.
