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New coolants, new fuels: A new generation of university reactors
Here’s an easy way to make aging U.S. power reactors look relatively youthful: Compare them (average age: 43) with the nation’s university research reactors. The 25 operating today have been licensed for an average of about 58 years.
T. K. Li
Nuclear Technology | Volume 55 | Number 3 | December 1981 | Pages 674-682
Technical Paper | Analyse | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32812
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An automated solution assay instrument (SAI) based on transmission-corrected gamma-ray measurements has been developed and installed in the Plutonium Processing Facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The instrument was designed for rapid, nondestructive assay of plutonium process solutions over a wide range of concentrations (0.05 to 500 g Pu/i, with 10−4 to 5 g Am/ℓ) and for routine operation by process technicians who lack instrumentation experience. For a 25-ml sample, the precision is <0.8% for concentrations >30 g Pu/ℓ within a 1000-s assay and <1.0% for concentrations >4 g Pu/ℓ within a 2000-s assay. The results of test and evaluation demonstrate that the SAI is a reliable and accurate instrument for assaying plutonium process solutions.