PHOTONEUTRONS AND THE CONTROL OF A POOL-TYPE REACTOR
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4191599
The components of the total thermal neutron flux at the detector location were analytically studied for different distances between the reactor and the detector and for different subcritical states of a pool-type reactor. It is shown that, although a direct photoneutron coupling between the reactor and the detector does not exist, an indirect coupling due to the fission product gamma rays takes place. This coupling is found to be proportional to the multiplication of the subcritical reactor. An experiment, in which the total thermal neutron flux is measured with two different concentrations of deuterium in the water surrounding the detectors, confirmed the validity of the analytical results. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-013512
- OSTI ID:
- 4191599
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL-2898
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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