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The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has announced more than $590,000 in funding awards to help three universities enhance their outreach in nuclear energy education. The awards, which are part of the DOE Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) University Reactor Sharing and Outreach Program, are primarily designed to provide students in K-12, vocational schools, and colleges with access to university research reactors in order to increase awareness of nuclear science, engineering, and technology and to foster early interest in nuclear energy-related careers.
J. T. Harvey, J. L. Meason, H. L. Wright
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 67 | Number 3 | September 1978 | Pages 343-344
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27257
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Boron carbide (10B4C) shields are frequently used in the measurement of fast- and intermediate-neutron spectra. In this Note, we present the results of both transport calculations and experimentally measured values for the transmission factors for various activation detectors when covered with a 1.65 g/cm3 10B shield. For unfolding work, the (n,α) absorption by 10B is calculated for each activation detector, and net correction factors are subsequently presented.
