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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 43 | Number 3 | March 1971 | Pages 286-302
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A19975
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In this paper Pu-Al-D2O lattice experiments are analyzed with primarily ENDF/B data and methods based on asymptotic theory. The effects of varying the 239Pu cross sections in the unresolved-resonance range are calculated. The uncertainties associated with the determination of the radial bucklings are reduced with the use of one-dimensional transport calculations in the radial direction and an assumed exponential dependence in the axial direction. Two-dimensional calculations for a few of the lattices are made to calculate relaxation lengths as well as to determine the applicability of one-dimensional or asymptotic theory methods.