THERMAL-NEUTRON MEASUREMENTS OF THE RHODE-ISLAND NUCLEAR-SCIENCE CENTER REACTOR AFTER CONVERSION TO A COMPACT LOW ENRICHED URANIUM CORE

Authors
CROW ML JENG U NUNES AC MALIK SS LIN D BAI S TEHAN T JACOB N JOHNSON DG SIMONEAU WA DIMEGLIO AF
Citation
Ml. Crow et al., THERMAL-NEUTRON MEASUREMENTS OF THE RHODE-ISLAND NUCLEAR-SCIENCE CENTER REACTOR AFTER CONVERSION TO A COMPACT LOW ENRICHED URANIUM CORE, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 365(2-3), 1995, pp. 433-445
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
365
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
433 - 445
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)365:2-3<433:TMOTRN>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center reactor, a 2 MW light water re search reactor, was converted from a highly enriched uranium core to a more compact low enriched uranium core in 1993. Thermal neutron flux measurements of the instrumented beamports indicate increased thermal flux and a large improvement in the thermal to epithermal ratio. Measu rements of irradiation facilities indicate an increased thermal flux, and more potential irradiation positions are now available.