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Neely Nuclear Research Center named a nuclear historic landmark
The American Nuclear Society recently announced the designation of three new nuclear historic landmarks: the Hot Fuel Examination Facility, the Neely Nuclear Research Center, and the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Today’s article, the second in a three-part series, will focus on the historical significance of the Neely Nuclear Research Center.
John F. Carew
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 296-297
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20307
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An equivalence relation for the effective escape cross section is derived for a lattice of annular absorber rods. The effective cross section is expressed in terms of the absorber cross section and inner and outer moderator sticking probabilities and surface escape probabilities. The lattice Dancoff and Bell factors are determined using the rational approximation for the surface escape probabilities.
