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Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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New coolants, new fuels: A new generation of university reactors
Here’s an easy way to make aging U.S. power reactors look relatively youthful: Compare them (average age: 43) with the nation’s university research reactors. The 25 operating today have been licensed for an average of about 58 years.
A. E. Profio, H M. Antúunez, and D. L Huffman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 91-103
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21117
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Time-of-flight measurements of the neutron angular flux spectrum in graphite have been made to provide a standard of comparison for neutron penetration calculations. The spectrum from 0.002 eV to 15 MeV was measured with an accuracy of ±13 to 32% and a resolution of ±2 to 10%, at angles from 0 to 60° and penetrations to 66 cm. Comparisons with Monte Carlo and discrete ordinates calculations using ENDF/B cross sections indicate fairly good agreement except in resonances and near zero degrees for discrete ordinates. Scalar fluxes have also been calculated with the moments method.