Reactor Physics Department Technical Activities Quarterly Report (July, August, September 1966)

Technical Report · Sat Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1966

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4435648· OSTI ID:4435648

Carter, J. L. ^[1]; Stewart, K. B. ^[1]; Thomas, D. H. ^[1]; Uotinen, V. O. ^[1]; Williams, L. D. ^[1]; Liikala, R. C. ^[1]; Purcell, W. L. ^[1]; Porath, W. W. ^[1]; Hill, N. A. ^[1]; Hanson, G. E. ^[1]; Hardie, R. W. ^[1]; Little, W. W. ^[1]; Maas, L. L. ^[1]; Little, Jr., W. W. ^[1]; Bennett, R. A. ^[1]; Harris, R. A. ^[1]; Marr, D. R. ^[1]; Bunch, W. L. ^[1]; Humes, R. M. ^[1]; Bitz, D. A. ^[1] ; Bierman, S. R. ^[1]; Garlid, K. L. ^[2]; Hansen, L. E. ^[1]; Woodruff, G. L. ^[2]; Lloyd, R. C. ^[1]; Hess III, G. M. ^[1]; Clayton, E. D. ^[1]; Glasgow, D. W. ^[1]; Foster, Jr., D. G. ^[1]; Kottwitz, D. A. ^[1]; Smith, R. B. ^[1]

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1. Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
2. Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Reactor Physics Department updates include: (1) Reactor Theory including Effective Cross Sections for Resonances in HGR, and BNW Master Cross Section Library; (2) Thermal Reactors, including Thermalization Calculational Study - Comparison of Results Obtained Using the RBU Monte Carlo, THERMOS, and Program S-XIII Codes, Critical Experiments with PuO₂-UO₂ Fuel Rods, Results of Thermalization Calculations for PuO₂-UO₂-H₂O Lattices, Three-Dimensional Analysis of Plutonium Fuel MTR Cores: Preliminary Results, Measurements of k_∞ for a Pu-A1 Thoria Supercell, and A Thermal Column Study in the PCTR; (3) Fast Reactors, including Physics Characteristics of an 800 Liter Oxide FTR Reference Core, Preliminary Evaluation of Cross-Section Data, Algorithms for Collapsing Fast Reactor Cross Sections, Planning of FTR Critical Experiment Program, FTR Shield Calculations, Shield Analyses for Irradiated FTR Fuel Handling, and A Study of Fast-Thermal Reactor Experiment; (4) Critical Mass Physics, including Resolving Time of a Pulsed Neutron Source Data Acquisition System, Neutron Spectra Experiments, Pulsed Neutron Source Measurements - Pu(NO₃)₄ Solutions, Least Squares Data Reduction code, Neutron Interaction Experiments with Bottles of U²³³ Solution, and Basic Criticality Experiments with Plutonium Nitrate Solutions in Slab Geometry; (5) Neutron Physics, including Existence of the 2.86 MeV Level in B¹⁰, The n-d Total Cross Section, the Di-Neutron, and Charge Independence, High-Resolution Monochromatization of Neutrons and X Rays by Multiple Bragg Reflections, and Scattering Law Measurements for Light Water at 95° C; (6) Computer Code Abstracts.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(45-1)-1830
• NSA Number: NSA-21-023711
• OSTI ID: 4435648
• Report Number(s): BNWL-340
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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