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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.
M. M. Islam, H. -H. Knitter
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 50 | Number 2 | February 1973 | Pages 108-114
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE73-A23234
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The prompt fission neutron energy spectrum of 235 U was measured at an incident neutron energy of 0.40 MeV with two samples of different thickness. The data were corrected for flux attenuation in the sample material and for effects due to the energy change of the out-going fission neutrons by inelastic scattering and secondary fission processes. After applying these shape corrections, an average fission neutron energy of 2.06 ± 0.05 MeV was obtained using the Watt and the Maxwellian functions for the energy distribution of the fission neutrons. This result has been compared with the presently available results of other works.
