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NRC begins special inspection at Hope Creek
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection at Hope Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey to investigate the cause of repeated inoperability of one of the plant’s emergency diesel generators, the agency announced in a February 25 news release.
J. H. Dave, J. J. Egan, G. P. Couchell, G. H. R. Kegel, A. Mittler, D.J. Pullen, W. A. Schier, E.Sheldon
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 91 | Number 2 | October 1985 | Pages 187-208
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A27441
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Neutron inelastic scattering from 232Th has been studied for states above 700 keV in excitation using the (n,n'γ) technique at incident energies in the 0.77- to 2.10-MeV range. The gamma-ray measurements employing a high-resolution Ge(Li) spectrometer show 74 transitions from 46 levels above the first excited state. Gamma-ray branching ratios and production cross sections have been determined. Inferred level cross sections are compared to compound-nucleus statistical model calculations, which generally represent the measurements fairly well at lower incident energies but become increasingly discrepant at higher bombarding energies, and to the ENDF/B-V evaluation.