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RESULTS OBTAINED USING AN IBM 704 PROGRAM FOR COMPUTING U$sup 235$ FISSION- PRODUCT POPULATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND POWERS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4208286
The theory, flow diagrams, decay chain assignments, and operating instructions for an IBM 704 Program for calculating the fission product inventories for U/sup 235/ fueled reactors are presented. Comparisons of U/sup 235/ fission product decay power and activity between this program and the Way- Wigner equation for cyclic operation are made for a number of cyclic reactor histories. A graph is presented showing the ratio of the gamma power irom each of four arbitrarily chosen energy ranges to the total gamma power as a function of time aiter 10/sup 23/ fissions. The ratio of fission-product beta power to gamma power for several histories is also graphically presented. Gross fission product properties and the individual isotopic activities after twenty-one cycles are listed. (auth)
Research Organization:
Air Force Special Weapons Center, Jirtland AFB, N. Mex.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-004085
OSTI ID:
4208286
Report Number(s):
AFSWC-TN-59-19
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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