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Nuclear Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | November 1975 | Pages 511-513
Technical Paper | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24321
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The thermal-neutron flux magnitude and distribution were measured in large cubical cavities for a bare and paraffin-covered 241Am-Be neutron source situated in the center. The flux at a specific location in each cavity was found to be proportional to the inverse surface area of the cavity. The thermal-neutron flux/fast-neutron flux at each location was found to be essentially constant for the range of cube sizes under study.