Absolute neutron flux of the AGN-201 reactor
By: Roger Edison Perry, Jr
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Subjects: Pak Organization of Workers in Educational Research; Scintillation counters; Errors; Gamma rays; Gold; Measurement; Indium; Neutron flux
Description: Absolute total and thermal neutron flux of the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School's AGN-201 reactor was determined by neutron activation of thin gold foils. Foil activities were measured with a gamma-ray scintillation spectrometer, using methods designed to minimize the effect of changes in spectrometer gain. Flux values were calculated for nominal power levels of 0.1 watt and 1, 10, 100, and 750 watts. Methods and results are compared with those of previous investigations. The flux level was found to be a linear function of power within this range; total and thermal average fluxes were determined to be respectively 6.64 x 10 to the 7th power and 5.41 x 10 to the 7th power neutrons per square centimeter per second per watt. (Author)
Notes: Thesis Advisor(s): Hawns, William W.

"January 1964."

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DTIC Descriptor(s): (Neutron Flux),  (Research Reactors, Measurement, Neutron Activation, Reactor Lattice Parameters, Reactor Control, Power, Reactor Operation, Reactor Power Density, Scintillation Counters, Foils (Materials), Gold, Gamma Rays, Nuclear Radiation Spectrometers, Indium, Monitors, Errors, Probability, Statistical Analysis.

DTIC Identifier(s): AGN-201 Reactors.

Thesis (M.S. in Physics)--Naval Postgraduate School, January 1964.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 20)

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US Navy (USN) author

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