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Malaysia signs a nuclear collaboration MOU with the U.S.
With the signing of a memorandum of understanding between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, a nuclear future for Malaysia is back on the table.
E. Gelbard, J. Davis, J. Pearson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 5 | Number 1 | January 1959 | Pages 36-44
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A27327
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The spherical harmonics approximation of Ith order, applied to the transport equation in slab geometry, leads to 2l + 1 coupled first order differential equations. These may be transformed into (2l + 1)/2 second order differential equations similar, in form, to the few-group diffusion equations, and amenable to solution by well-known iterative techniques. The double-Pl equations of Yvon may be manipulated and solved in the same manner. This article describes an IBM 704 code which makes use of such a method. Some of the results obtained with the code are discussed, and machine times for typical problems are compared with times required to solve the same problem by the discrete ordinate methods.