A MONTE CARLO STUDY OF RESONANCE ESCAPE PROBABILITY IN HETEROGENEOUS SLAB LATTICES CONTAINING RESONANT ABSORBERS AND SCATTERERS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4790010
Resonance escape probabilities for heterogeneous semiinfinite slab lattice systems were computed by the Monte Carlo method at I kev to 0.l25 ev. Absorber-moderator combinations considered were W--H/sub 2/O, W-- LiH, W--BeO, Au --H/sub 2/O, Au -- LiH, and Au-- BeO. Absorber and moderator thickness and absorber temperature were varied in a parametric study. The Monte Carlo results of neutron absorption for various thicknesses of W and Au slabs at room temperature are in good agreement with experimental results from NASA solution reactor absorption measurements on comparable W and Au samples. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lewis Research Center, Cleveland
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-017237
- OSTI ID:
- 4790010
- Report Number(s):
- NASA-TN-D-1184
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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