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Argonne updates: Fuel research and materials lab
Over the past two weeks, Argonne National Laboratory has announced numerous significant advancements being made by its staff to push forward nuclear fuels and materials research. Those announcements include the opening of the new Activated Materials Lab, the development of a new measurement technique, and the application of new artificial intelligence tools.
L. M. Epstein, R. R. Ferber
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 11 | November 1967 | Pages 692-698
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27905
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Low-resistivity (10Ω-cm) silicon diodes were employed as fast-neutron monitors, using a 238U conversion foil. Resolved fission spectra were recorded in-pile at a fast-neutron flux of ≈ 1011 n/(cm2 sec) and up to an integrated flux of 4.6 × 1015 fast neutrons/cm2. Preamplifiers designed especially for this work included a bias supply of very low dc impedance because of the large leakage currents in the radiation-damaged diodes. Despite this leakage, the damaged diodes were not very noisy and could withstand more bias (≈45V) than the undamaged diodes.