Reactor physics project progress report no. 2
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Author(s)
Driscoll, Michael J.
Kaplan, Irving, 1912-
Lanning, David D.
Agarwala, Vinay Kumar
Clikeman, Franklyn Miles
Donohew, Jack Norman
Hamilton, George Thomas
Harper, Thomas Lawrence
Hukai, Yoshiyuti
Kelley, Thomas James
Date Issued
1969
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, [1969]
Series/Report no.
MIT-3944-4
MITNE ; no. 111
AEC research and development report
TID ; 4500
Abstract
This is the second annual report in an experimental and theoretical program to develop and apply single and few element heterogeneous methods for the determination of reactor lattice parameters. During the period covered by the report, October 1, 1968 through September 30. 1969, work was primarily devoted to measurement of the heterogeneous fuel element parameters (F, rl and A) of 19- and 31- rod clusters of plutonium-containing fuel. Methods development research focused on determination of the epithermal absorption constant, A. Calculations and an analysis of data reported in the literature were made to assess the applicability of heterogeneous methods to H 20- moderated systems. Advanced gamma spectrometric methods using Ge(Li) detectors were applied to the analysis of prompt and delayed gamma spectra from fertile and fissile materials and from fuel elements. These methods were used successfully for nondestructive analysis of the composition of fuel elements. A feasibility study was performed on an in-pile gamma spectrometer. Two fuel pins irradiated to a burnup of approximately 20,000 MWD/MT in the Dresden reactor were received and preparations made for their analysis and use in reactor physics experiments.
Description
Statement of responsibility on title page reads: Editors: M.J. Driscoll, I. Kaplan, D.D. Lanning; Contributors: V. Agarwala, F.M. Clikeman, J.N. Donohew, M.J. Driscoll, G. T. Hamilton, T.L. Harper, Y. Hukai, I. Kaplan, T. J. Kelley, D.D. Lanning, T.C. Leung, E.L. McFarland, N.C. Rasmussen, S.S. Seth, J.M. Sicilian, G.E. Sullivan, A.T.Supple and T.J. Thompson
"September 30, 1969."
"MIT-3944-4."
Includes bibliographical references
Progress report no. 2; October 1, 1968 through September 30. 1969
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