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Title: Calculates Neutron Production in Canisters of High-level Waste

Abstract

ALPHN calculates the (alpha,n) neutron production rate of a canister of vitrified high-level waste. The user supplies the chemical composition of the glass or glass-ceramic and the curies of the alpha-emitting actinides present. The output of the program gives the (alpha,n) neutron production of each actinide in neutrons per second and the total for the canister. The (alpha,n) neutron production rates are source terms only; that is, they are production rates within the glass and do not take into account the shielding effect of the glass. For a given glass composition, the user can calculate up to eight cases simultaneously; these cases are based on the same glass composition but contain different quantities of actinides per canister.

Developers:
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Release Date:
Project Type:
Closed Source, Site Hosted
Software Type:
Scientific
Licenses:
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/RW

Primary Award/Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
Code ID:
12271
Site Accession Number:
1935
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Country of Origin:
United States

Citation Formats

Salmon, Royes, Hermann, O., and DOE/RW. Calculates Neutron Production in Canisters of High-level Waste. Computer software. DOE/RW. 15 Jan. 1993. Web. doi:10.11578/dc.20180620.2.
Salmon, Royes, Hermann, O., & DOE/RW. (1993, January 15). Calculates Neutron Production in Canisters of High-level Waste [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180620.2
Salmon, Royes, Hermann, O., and DOE/RW. Calculates Neutron Production in Canisters of High-level Waste. Computer software. January 15, 1993. doi:https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20180620.2.
@misc{osti_1230208,
title = {Calculates Neutron Production in Canisters of High-level Waste},
author = {Salmon, Royes and Hermann, O. and DOE/RW},
abstractNote = {ALPHN calculates the (alpha,n) neutron production rate of a canister of vitrified high-level waste. The user supplies the chemical composition of the glass or glass-ceramic and the curies of the alpha-emitting actinides present. The output of the program gives the (alpha,n) neutron production of each actinide in neutrons per second and the total for the canister. The (alpha,n) neutron production rates are source terms only; that is, they are production rates within the glass and do not take into account the shielding effect of the glass. For a given glass composition, the user can calculate up to eight cases simultaneously; these cases are based on the same glass composition but contain different quantities of actinides per canister.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20180620.2},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1230208}, year = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1993},
note =
}