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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.
R. R. Spencer, R. L. Macklin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 61 | Number 3 | November 1976 | Pages 346-355
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A26920
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Time-of-flight measurements of the neutron capture cross section of 59Co were carried out in the energy region 2.5 to 1000 keV using the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator and a pair of nonhydrogenous liquid-scintillator gamma-ray detectors. Resonance energies and capture areas were determined for a large number of resolved resonances up to 85-keV neutron energy, and radiation widths for 35 known s-wave resonances were derived. Positive correlation coefficients (ρ ≃ 0.3) between the radiative widths and neutron reduced widths of these s-wave resonances for both possible spin states were calculated. The significance of the correlations is discussed.