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Nuclear supply chain innovation and collaboration: Keeping the nuclear supply chain viable through change
The next nuclear renaissance may be upon us, but with it comes a perfect storm. The industry is unprepared for a surge in demand for goods and services from both the existing light water fleet and the next generation of reactors. We are currently teetering on the edge of severe supply chain issues, but if the nuclear industry can understand the sources of our challenges, we can mitigate them.
W. E. Fischer, L. Moritz, H. Spitzer, I. M. Thorson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 93 | Number 3 | July 1986 | Pages 273-282
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE86-A17756
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An experiment to measure the heat deposition in various materials in the vicinity of a spallation neutron target is described. This experiment has been performed at the Thermal Neutron Facility, TRIUMF. In the analysis of the data, the contributions to the heat deposition from (n, γ) capture processes, fast neutron, and prompt gamma-ray scattering are separated.
