INITIAL UC Davis Reactor Analysis Context

Technical Report · Thu Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1434428· OSTI ID:1434428

Mendoza, Paul Michael ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The INITIAL reactor experiment pitched to UC Davis and agreed upon by the professor teaching the course is a natural uranium neutron activation experiment in the McClellan Nu- clear Research Center (MNRC) reactor. Both non-cadmium covered (Ex:1 – bare) and cadmium covered (Ex:2 – Cd) experiments will be performed and analysis will ensure on gamma spectra collected from both experiments. The following provides necessary information for completing the experiment analysis. This information includes definitions, assumptions, and plots tailored to the specifics of this experiment. The content is for the students to be completing the laboratory for reference.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1434428
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-18-23143
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English