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Deep Fission to break ground this week
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.
Gurdeep S. Sidhu, Karamjit Singh, Parjit S. Singh, Gurmel S. Mudahar
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 134 | Number 2 | February 2000 | Pages 201-207
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE00-A2110
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The transmitted photon spectra of 133Ba gamma rays have been recorded and studied as a function of dimensions of a soil medium. In these studies a multiple-scatter peak is observed in the soft part of the spectrum. The longitudinal thickness of the soil medium is seen to affect only the intensity of the peak, whereas the variation in transverse thickness affects both the intensity and energy of the peak. A reversal of the trend of the multiple-scatter peak intensity to increase with transverse thickness occurs as the longitudinal dimension increases.
