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METHODS OF CALCULATION FOR USE IN THE DESIGN OF SHIELDS FOR POWER REACTORS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4157561
Recommendations are given on methods of calculation for use in the design of shields for the gas cooled, graphite moderated, natural uranium reactors of the U.K. Civil Power Program. Topics dealt with include: primary shielding of neutron and gamma radiation, nuclear heating, coolant activation, fission product energy decay rates, and radiation streaming in ducts. A new method of calculating neutron penetration is introduced and compared with experimental measurements in a Calder Hall Reactor shield. (auth)
Research Organization:
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berks, England
NSA Number:
NSA-14-022588
OSTI ID:
4157561
Report Number(s):
AERE-R-3216
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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