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Title:
EFFECTIVE RESONANCE INTEGRAL FOR PU240 IN PLUTONIUM ALUMINUM ALLOY RODS
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Subject Terms:
ALUMINUM-PLUTONIUM ALLOYSNEUTRON RESONANCESPLUTONIUM ISOTOPES PU-240REACTOR CRITICALITY EFFECTS
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1962 Nov 15
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
22
Accession Number:
RL-1-381998
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-2840
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 28
Description/Abstract:
REACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN PCTR ON A SERIES OF PU-AL RODS 0.65-INCH DIAMETER AND 31.00-INCHES IN LENGTH. THE SERIES CONSISTED OF 8 SETS OF 2 RODS EACH. TWO SEPARATE BATCHES OF PU WITH DIFFERENT ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS WERE USED IN THE 2 RODS WITHIN A SET. THE CONCENTRATIONS WERE ADJUSTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT (1) THE 2 RODS WITHIN A SET DIFFERED EFFECTIVELY ONLY IN PU-240 CONTENT AND (2) THE ROD WITH THE MOST PU-240 IN ONE SET HAD THE SAME PU-240 CONTENT AS THE ROD WITH THE LEAST PU-240 CONTENT IN AN ADJACENT SET.