Technical activities report for March 1953: Physics Unit, Applied Research Sub-Section

Technical Report · Mon Apr 06 04:00:00 EST 1953

OSTI ID:10185146

Faulkner, J E; Davenport, D E; Duvall, G E

This report covers work done by the experimental, exponential pile, and theoretical physics groups. Subjects covered include: xenon generator; neutron diffraction-spectrometer; ratio of Pu{sup 239} to U{sup 235} fission cross-sections; beta spectrometer; graphite diffusion length; small slug program; hollow slug program; exponential piles with small slug size; exponential pile enrichment; blackness; resonance neutron depression; optimum graphite density; thermal blackness; neutron flux at center of slug; neutron absorption efficiency of K-type control rod; radiation burst in Hanford Homogeneous Reactor; a method for finding the differential equation satisfied by the product of certain functions; weighting factors for flattened cylindrical piles; behavior of thermocouples in the Hanford reactors lattice calibrations; lattice test pile control; and ratio of fast to slow flux in a lattice test reactor.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Richland, WA (United States). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10185146
• Report Number(s): HW--27636; ON: DE95000483
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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