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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
W. C. Sailor, R. C. Byrd, A. Gavron, R. Hammock, Y. Yariv
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 109 | Number 3 | November 1991 | Pages 267-277
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE91-A23852
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A detector design that is capable of finding the image of neutron sources within a nuclear missile is discussed. The method involves the double scatter of a neutron in an array of organic scintillator elements and the partial reconstruction of the incident neutron direction vector from the information the array provides. The Monte Carlo simulation results for a basic design and several modifications are presented. The results of an experimental demonstration of the technique using a crude prototype detector are given. Problems expected in a real application are discussed.