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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) is currently seeking qualified candidates to fill an open committee member position. Applications for the position will be accepted until July 30. The ACRS is the world’s oldest organization devoted to reactor safety, and the group reports directly to the NRC’s commissioners in order to provide independent technical reviews of and advice on a wide variety of nuclear topics.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 34 | Number 2 | July 1977 | Pages 242-248
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A39700
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Some storage and transportation arrays become more reactive when the fissile material density is reduced. We have calculated this effect for arrays of shipping containers and for arrays of 235U spheres. The reactivity enhancement is due mainly to increased utilization of thermal neutrons and reduction in neutron leakage resulting from the increased size of low-density units.
