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Securing the advanced reactor fleet
Physical protection accounts for a significant portion of a nuclear power plant’s operational costs. As the U.S. moves toward smaller and safer advanced reactors, similar protection strategies could prove cost prohibitive. For tomorrow’s small modular reactors and microreactors, security costs must remain appropriate to the size of the reactor for economical operation.
Xiaolong Huang, Weixiang Yu, Xiaogang Han, Wenrong Zhao, Hanlin Lu, Jinxiang Chen, Zhaomin Shi, Gouyou Tang, Guohui Zhang
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 131 | Number 2 | February 1999 | Pages 267-274
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE99-A2033
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The effect of low-energy neutrons on activation cross-section measurements was analyzed carefully and proved by the measured neutron spectra of T(d,n)4He and D(d,n)3He reactions. The 58Ni(n,p)58m+gCo and 64Zn(n,p)64Cu reactions were used to confirm this analysis, and their cross sections were measured accurately. In addition, their evaluated excitation functions are given.