Performance of the Texas cold neutron source

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6982543

Uenlue, K; Rios-Martinez, C; Wehring, B W ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Texas, Austin (United States)

The recently completed Texas Cold Neutron Source (TCNSN) system consists of a cooled moderator, a neon heat pipe, a cryogenic refrigerator, and a neutron guide tube. The TCNS fits into the piercing beam port of the 1-MW TRIGA Mark II reactor at the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory of the University of Texas. The moderator chosen for the TCNS is mesitylene, 1,3,5-trimethylbanzene, which is cooled to [approximately]30 K in a 7.5-cm-diam, 2-cm-thick chamber located within the reactor graphite reflector. The mesitylene is cooled by a 3-m long, 1.9-cm-diam neon heat pipe attached to the cold head to a helium regrigerator outside the biological shield of the reactor. Neon gas is supplies from a 6-[ell] reservior pressurized to [approximately]1 MPa at room temperature. Cooling is needed to remove heat generated in the moderator by nuclear radiation. A value of <2 W of nuclear heating for the TCNS at full reactor power was calculated. This paper reports on the thermal performance of the TCNS.

• OSTI ID: 6982543
• Report Number(s): CONF-921102--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 66
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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