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The reactor and cold neutron research facility at NIST

Abstract

The NIST Reactor (NBSR) is a 20 MW research reactor located at the Gaithersburg, MD site, and has been in operation since 1969. It services 26 thermal neutron facilities which are used for materials science, chemical analysis, nondestructive evaluation, neutron standards work, and irradiations. In 1987 the Department of Commerce and NIST began development of the CNRF - a $30M National Facility for cold neutron research -which will provide fifteen new experimental stations with capabilities currently unavailable in this country. As of May 1992, four of the planned seven guides and a cold port were installed, eight cold neutron experimental stations were operational, and the Call for Proposals for the second cycle of formally-reviewed guest-researcher experiments had been sent out. Some details of the performance of instrumentation are described, along with the proposed design of the new hydrogen cold source which will replace the present D{sub 2}O/H{sub 2}O ice cold source. (author)
Authors:
Prask, H J; Rowe, J M [1] 
  1. Reactor Radiation Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1992
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
INIS-XA-C-024
Resource Relation:
Conference: IGORR 2: 2. meeting of the International Group On Research Reactors, Saclay (France), 18-19 May 1992; Other Information: 11 refs, 6 figs, 5 tabs; PBD: 1992; Related Information: In: IGORR 2: Proceedings of the 2. meeting of the International Group On Research Reactors, 501 pages.
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; COLD NEUTRONS; HYDROGEN; NBSR REACTOR; NEUTRON BEAMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; REACTOR CHANNELS
OSTI ID:
20565834
Research Organizations:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Grenoble Cedex (France); Technicatome, Gif sur Yvette Cedex (France)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: XA04C1628019391
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
44 pages
Announcement Date:
Mar 06, 2005

Citation Formats

Prask, H J, and Rowe, J M. The reactor and cold neutron research facility at NIST. IAEA: N. p., 1992. Web.
Prask, H J, & Rowe, J M. The reactor and cold neutron research facility at NIST. IAEA.
Prask, H J, and Rowe, J M. 1992. "The reactor and cold neutron research facility at NIST." IAEA.
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title = {The reactor and cold neutron research facility at NIST}
author = {Prask, H J, and Rowe, J M}
abstractNote = {The NIST Reactor (NBSR) is a 20 MW research reactor located at the Gaithersburg, MD site, and has been in operation since 1969. It services 26 thermal neutron facilities which are used for materials science, chemical analysis, nondestructive evaluation, neutron standards work, and irradiations. In 1987 the Department of Commerce and NIST began development of the CNRF - a $30M National Facility for cold neutron research -which will provide fifteen new experimental stations with capabilities currently unavailable in this country. As of May 1992, four of the planned seven guides and a cold port were installed, eight cold neutron experimental stations were operational, and the Call for Proposals for the second cycle of formally-reviewed guest-researcher experiments had been sent out. Some details of the performance of instrumentation are described, along with the proposed design of the new hydrogen cold source which will replace the present D{sub 2}O/H{sub 2}O ice cold source. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1992}
month = {Jul}
}