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CRITICAL MASSES OF COMPOSITES OF Oy AND Pu-239-240 IN FLATTOP GEOMETRY

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4029780
Three critical plutonium-enriched uranium composites with plutonium of different Pu/sup 240/ content are described. In these systems one gram of Pu/sup 240/ is equivalent to approximately 0.63 grams of Pu/sup 239/ and an analysis is presented which translates this datum to nu (Pu/sup 240/, 2 Mev) = 3.32 plus or minus 0.14 neutrons emitted per Pu/sup 240/ fission induced by a 2 Mev neutron. (auth)
Research Organization:
Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
NSA Number:
NSA-15-016407
OSTI ID:
4029780
Report Number(s):
LAMS-2489
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English