Measurement of the slowing down time to 0.3 eV in beryllium oxide.

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dc.contributor.authorRainbow, MTen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, AIMen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:34:16Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:42:05Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:34:16Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:42:05Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1970-07en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe reaction rates of plutonium-239 and boron (1/v) were measured as a function of space and time in a large block of beryllium oxide following the injection of a pulse of fast neutrons. The time-dependent reaction rates associated with the various Fourier spatial modes were derived from the experimental results. The experimental value of the peaking time of the plutonium-239 reaction rate associated with the fundamental spatial mode was found to be 19.85 + 1.1 μ sec. A theoretical value of 16.5 μ sec was obtained using a time-dependent zero-dimensional diffusion code and a crystal scattering kernel for beryllium oxide. It is in marked disagreement with the experimental value. Measurements made of the time to peak in the plutonium-239 reaction rate as a function of distance from the source showed a total variation of a 4 μ sec in peaking time over a distance of 53 cm. Theoretical calculations of the peaking time as a function of distance showed a similar variation and the general trends were in good agreement with the experimental result. There was, however, a constant discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental results of the order of that noted for the fundamental mode.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationRainbow, M. T., & Ritchie, A. I. M. (1970). Measurement of the slowing down time to 0.3 eV in beryllium oxide. (AAEC/EM548). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Atomic Energy Commission.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc904en_AU
dc.identifier.otherAAEC-TM-548en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationLucas Heights, New South Walesen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/895en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Atomic Energy Commissionen_AU
dc.subjectBeryllium oxidesen_AU
dc.subjectPlutoniumen_AU
dc.subjectBoronen_AU
dc.subjectFast neutronsen_AU
dc.subjectSpatial distributionen_AU
dc.titleMeasurement of the slowing down time to 0.3 eV in beryllium oxide.en_AU
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