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Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Comments on U.S. nuclear export controls on China
As trade negotiations are in the works between the United States and China, Washington, D.C., has the advantage in semiconductors but nuclear power is a different story, according to a June 9 article in the Hong Kong–based South China Morning Post.
HARVEY J. AMSTER
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 3 | May 1957 | Pages 394-404
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A25404
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The calculational advantages of the Wigner-Wilkins thermal flux spectra make it a desirable theory to use for the determination of thermal group constants in water-moderated reactor systems; however, the physical assumptions required by the theory are far from satisfied by water, and an experimental verification of the theory is called for. Such data have been furnished by M. J. Poole at Harwell. Comparisons with calculations from the theory of Wigner and Wilkins show surprisingly good agreement, although some consistent deviations are noted.
