Dependence of Reactivity of the Water Boiler on the Mass of 25 in the Sphere.

Abstract

A semitheoretical determination of the percentage change in reactivity of the water boiler per gram of 25 removed from the sphere is presented. The method consists in calculating the external neutron source required to keep level the neutron intensity in the boiler when x grams of 25 are removed from the sphere. Use is made of the experimentally determined neutron-distribution curves. It is found that 18.2 g of 25 subtracted from the sphere produces 1 percent change in K.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 27, 1945
Accession Number
ADA322996

Entities

People

  • J. Hinton

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Cross Sections
  • Distribution Curves
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Fission Neutrons
  • High Energy
  • Intensity
  • Mean Free Path
  • Neutron Cross Sections
  • Neutron Flux
  • Neutrons
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Numerical Integration
  • Reactivities
  • Stainless Steel
  • Thermal Neutrons
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Organic Chemistry