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60 Years of U: Perspectives on resources, demand, and the evolving role of nuclear energy
Recent years have seen growing global interest in nuclear energy and rising confidence in the sector. For the first time since the early 2000s, there is renewed optimism about the industry’s future. This change is driven by several major factors: geopolitical developments that highlight the need for secure energy supplies, a stronger focus on resilient energy systems, national commitments to decarbonization, and rising demand for clean and reliable electricity.
N. Dytlewski, N. Ensslin, J. W. Boldeman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 104 | Number 4 | April 1990 | Pages 301-313
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A23731
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A new neutron multiplicity counter has been developed that can provide International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors a means of verifying plutonium samples by a full neutron multiplicity analysis where conventional neutron coincidence counters yield outliers. This prototype detector comprises an array of 3He and liquid scintillator neutron detectors and is one of a new generation of multiplicity counters under development for nuclear safeguards. A moments analysis solution to the plutonium mass, (α,n) rate, and multiplication is calculated using the measured neutron multiplicity distributions, and an expression for the uncertainty in the multiplication-corrected mass has been derived.