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MARVEL PDSA approval could serve as blueprint
MARVEL, the Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation project at Idaho National Laboratory, has had its preliminary documented safety analysis approved by the Department of Energy, marking a milestone in its development and serving as a potential outline for other microreactors in development.
Gerald P. Calame
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 13 | Number 1 | May 1962 | Pages 32-39
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A26125
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A numerical procedure for the calculation of thermal diffusion lengths directly from the formalism of Hurwitz and Nelkin is described. The technique is used to compute diffusion lengths for several plastic moderated assemblies, using the mass 1, free proton energy exchange kernel. Agreement of the calculated diffusion lengths with experiment is excellent.
