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RESULTS OF AN OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE. Paper 10 of PAPERS FROM SEVENTH SEMIANNUAL SHIELDING INFORMATION MEETING, OCTOBER 14-15, 1959

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4085885

Some results are reported on reactor and crew-compartment shields minimized by an optimization procedure called GYPSY. For a fast-neutron shield, the question of the adequacy of using a representative point source appears to be settled affirmatively. The effect of optimization of a crew shield for different point detector positions was investigated (auth)

Research Organization:
Convair, Fort Worth, Tex.
NSA Number:
NSA-15-010329
OSTI ID:
4085885
Report Number(s):
TID-6302(Paper 10)
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English