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Each year, the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) recognizes graduate and undergraduate students for their innovative nuclear energy research. The winners of the Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition (INSC) receive honoraria along with travel and conference opportunities, including the chance to present their publications at the annual American Nuclear Society Winter Conference & Expo.
A. H. Futch, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 5 | Number 1 | January 1959 | Pages 61-67
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A27332
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The ratio,δ, of U238 to U235 fissions was measured for various natural uranium fuel assemblies in D2O-moderated reactor lattices. Fuel element types studied included clusters of from one to nine 1-in. rods, tubular assemblies, and plate assemblies. The measurements were made by comparing the activations of depleted and natural uranium foils after irradiating them inside the fuel assemblies in an exponential facility. As a corollary to these experiments, relative decay rates were determined for the gamma activities of the U238 and U235 fission products.