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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.
Charles A. Bolig, Jr., R. R. Roy
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 61 | Number 3 | November 1976 | Pages 366-369
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A26922
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Light charged particles (LCP) and fission elements formed in ternary fission of 252Cf have been investigated. The energy spectra of light particles, alphas, and protons were studied using a ΔE × (E + ΔE) particle-identifying telescope apparatus. A coincidence circuit was used in such a way that the K x rays from the ternary fission fragments were electronically gated by a designated LCP and then stored in a multichannel analyzer. The K x rays were analyzed using a high-resolution lithium-drifted silicon spectrometer, permitting accurate identification of the elements in the charge distribution of fission fragments. Experimental results indicate the influence of the odd-even effect and also of shape deformation of alpha-accompanied ternary fission.