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Blades-in turbine inspections at Quad Cities set new benchmark for Constellation
When Constellation decided to install replacement Alstom low-pressure turbines at three of its boiling water reactor plants more than 15 years ago, one benefit was knowing the new turbines should operate reliably—and without major inspections—for several years.
Melvin Reier, Felix Obenshain, Robert L. Hellens
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 4 | Number 1 | July 1958 | Pages 1-11
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE58-A25515
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The slowing-down distribution of Po-Be neutrons has been measured in aluminum-water, zirconium-water, and iron-water mixtures up to metal water ratios of 2:1 by volume. The second moment of the distribution has been obtained from these measurements and compared with theoretical calculations based on a solution of the transport equation. The effect of varying the source spectrum and cross sections in the calculations is discussed.
