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MARVEL team shares lessons learned through microreactor development
On June 1 at the American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference in Denver, Colo., a team from Idaho National Laboratory presented a session titled “Lessons Learned from MARVEL Reactor Fabrication.” The presentation highlighted challenges that arose as they moved from design to manufacturing and assembly, with a focus on reactor part fabrication, Stirling engine implementation, and reactivity control system development.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 92 | Number 2 | November 1990 | Pages 282-283
Technical Note | Analyse | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34479
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An empirical formula for predicting beta-particle escape efficiency in delayed self-powered neutron detectors is derived. This formula depends on emitter density, diameter, and beta-particle energy. The results obtained with this empirical formula agree well with those found in the literature.
