NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY HEATING IN IRON SLABS. NUCLEAR PULSE PROPULSION CONCEPT,

Abstract

Radiation heating in iron slabs 2 to 8 inches thick is calculated for monoenergetic neutrons and gamma rays incident normal to the slab. Transmission, reflection, and absorption of the energy and the number of neutrons are presented for neutrons of energies from 1.9 ev to 14 Mev. The heat deposition and energymission are presented for gammas of 0.5 to 8 Mev. Monte Carlo techniques are used for the high-energy (greater than 0.5 Mev) neutron calculations and the one-dimensional neutron transport code DSN is used for the low-energy neutron calculations. Monte Carlo techniques and gamma-ray differen tial energy spectra are used in the gamma cal culations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 24, 1962
Accession Number
AD0418403

Entities

People

  • Arthur Reetz

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Energy
  • Gamma Rays
  • High Energy
  • Nuclear Pulse Propulsion
  • Radiation
  • Reflection
  • Spectra
  • Transport Ships

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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