Measurements of the reaction rate distribution produced by a source of 14 MeV neutrons at the centre of a uranium metal pile

Pacific Northwest Laboratory Annual Controlled Thermonuclear Reactor Technology Report, 1971.

“…These systems were found capable of producing, in principle, unit tritium breeding, an energy gain of approximately a factor of ten through conversion to fission energy, and conversion ratios for producinq fissile from fertile material significantly greater than uni~y. Lee1s results for natu~l uranium were in agreement with the results expected from the experiments of Weale, et.al (15) who measured the activations due to DT neutrons in thick uranium blankets.…”

Neutronics of Sub-Critical Fast Fission Blankets for D-T Fusion Reactors.

“…The code used £6 group neutron cross-suctions baaed on the LLL Boverton evaluated library. potential iB here as predicted.3 It is also interesting to compare the above calculated results for uranium (natural) with Weale'B experimental measurements on the J.O" uranium metal cylindrical pile(3The agreement 1B good since the calculations! model is effectively an infinite assembly.…”

Mirror hybrid reactor studies: July 1975--September 1976

“…Also, a relevant discussion is given in Appendix A of the FERF report. 16 More recent physics developments are discussed in Ref. 18.…”