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Wyoming OKs construction of TerraPower’s Natrium plant
Progress continues for TerraPower’s Natrium plant, with the latest win coming in the form of a state permit for construction of nonnuclear portions of the advanced reactor.
A. Foderaro, R. J. Hall
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 74-78
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19608
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The parameters for both Taylor and three-exponential representations of the point-isotropic-source dose buildup factors in water have been determined. The three-exponential representation is shown to provide a significantly better fit to the raw buildup factor data than either the Berger or the Taylor representation, while preserving the Taylor representation's most attractive feature, its amenability to integration over extended sources.
