NEUTRON FLUX AND ENERGY SPECTRUM MEASUREMENTS IN THE K.U. TRAINING REACTOR USING THRESHOLD FOILS (thesis)

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4817251

Johnson, D R

The magnitude and energy distribution of neutron fluxes in the Kansas University Reactor were investigated. Gold and cadmium-covered gold foils were employed to determine the thermal neutron flux distribution throughout the reactor core. From these measurements, the core power was calculated to be 1.29 watts for a nominal setting of 3.0 watts. Plutonium, uranium, and sulfur threshold detectors were used in addition to bare and cadmium-covered gold foils to investigate the neutron energy spectrum in the pneumatic tube facility. The results are as follows: the thermal flux is 6.45 x 10/sup 6/ n/cm/sup 2/-sec- watt; the fast fluxes above 1 kev, 1.45, 2.9, and 6.1 Mev are 5.83 x 10/sup 6/, 1.17 x 10/sup 6/, 3.67 x 10/sup 5/, and 1.36 x 10/sup 5/ n/cm/sup 2/-sec-watt respectiv ely. From these data a neutron energy spectrum was prepared and the first collision neutron dose rate was calculated to be 33.8 rads/hr-watt. (auth)

• Research Organization: Kansas. Univ., Lawrence
• NSA Number: NSA-16-025025
• OSTI ID: 4817251
• Report Number(s): TID-15977
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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