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DOE selects first companies for nuclear launch pad
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have announced their first selections for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad: three companies developing microreactors and one developing fuel supply.
The four companies—Deployable Energy, General Matter, NuCube Energy, and Radiant Industries—were selected from the initial pool of Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program applicants, the two precursor programs to the launch pad.
William H. Miller, Walter Meyer, Darrol H. Timmons
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 62 | Number 2 | February 1977 | Pages 262-269
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A26961
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Fast-neutron angular penetration spectra were experimentally determined for a fast-neutron spectrum incident on 4-, 8-, and 12-in. (102-, 203-, and 305-mm)-thick water slabs. The experimental spectra were compared with MORSE Monte Carlo calculations using readily available multigroup cross sections. The source of fast neutrons for the experimental study was the Missouri University Research Reactor; the incident and penetration neutron spectra were detected using a 2- X 2-in. (51- X 51-mm) NE-213 liquid scintillation spectrometer system. A comparison of the Monte Carlo and experimental results showed excellent agreement for all but the thickest slabs. All results showed similar trends and structure, and only for the 12-in. slab did the experimental and calculated result vary by as much as 40% for shallow angle penetrations. Integrated spectral results are generally within ±15% for all reported angles and thicknesses. A modification to the well-known MORSE code has been utilized to calculate group-to-group transfer probabilities for each of the experimental geometries. These probabilities have been converted to dose and are tabulated to permit calculation of the penetration dose for any incident neutron spectrum for the comprehensive set of angles considered in this work.