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G. W. Dixon, R. Sher
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 41 | Number 3 | September 1970 | Pages 357-366
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE70-A19094
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Thermal neutron spectra have been measured with good spatial resolution within a unit cell in several H2O-moderated natural uranium lattices and in one graphite-moderated lattice. The H2O-moderated lattices had water-to-uranium volume ratios of 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1, with fuel rod diameters of 2.54 cm. Dysprosium-164, 151Eu, 176Lu, and 115In were used as detectors, and both activation ratios and unfolded spectra are compared with THERMOS code calculations. The agreement between the results and the calculations is satisfactory; however, the agreement in the water regions is generally much better than in the fuel regions of the H2O-moderated lattices. In the graphite lattice, the agreement of results with THERMOS calculations using a free gas kernel is poor, while calculations with a crystalline kernel show better agreement.