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U.K. government to take over Hunterston B for decommissioning
Beginning April 1, the U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and its subsidiary Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) will take over the closed Hunterston B nuclear power plant for decommissioning. Located in North Ayrshire, Scotland, Hunterston B was shut down in 2022 after 46 years of service and is one of seven advanced gas-cooled reactor stations owned and operated by EDF Energy in the United Kingdom.
S. N. Cramer, T. Y. Lee
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 107 | Number 2 | February 1991 | Pages 180-187
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE91-A15731
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The analysis of neutron spectra emitted from a 14-MeV source and streaming through a void steel duct embedded in concrete is carried out using a multigroup Monte Carlo code on a small computer. The calculated results are compared with experimental results and with other calculational analyses involving continuous energy Monte Carlo methods. The computational methods agree when the Pn expansion of the multigroup method is sufficiently extended. Some discrepancies with the experimental results, found in earlier analyses, still remain; and these are investigated with regard to the use of a new modification of the evaluated iron data, the spreading of the calculated results for comparison with experimental spectra, and various other modeling details.