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Number 1

Table of Contents
On “Double Criticality” (Václav Bartošek)
Reply to “On ‘Double Criticality’” (Yuji Ishiguro)
Neutron Lifetime, Generation Time, and Reproduction Time (Jeffery D. Lewins)
Response to “Neutron Lifetime, Generation Time, and Reproduction Time” (Charles R. Marotta)
Comments on “Numerical Calculations of the Global and Local Components of the Neutron Noise Field in Boiling Water Reactors” (Om Pal Singh, T. M. John)
Response to the “Comments on ‘Numerical Calculations of the Global and Local Components of the Neutron Noise Field in Boiling Water Reactors’” (F. C. Difilippo, P. J. Otaduy)
Government Intervention in the Canadian Nuclear Industry (Craig Hosmer)
Stable Isotope Capture Cross Sections from the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator (R. L. Macklin, R. R. Winters)

Application of the Method of Characteristics to Solution of Nuclear Engineering Problems
Joel Weisman, Adrian Tentner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 1-29
Critical Review | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19603
Absolute Neutron Spectrum Measurements in a Lithium Fluoride Integral Assembly for Fusion Reactor Data Assessment
L. J. Perkins, N. Evans, Malcolm C. Scott, B. Y. Underwood
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 30-43
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19604
Absolute Measurement of the ⁶Li(n, α)³H Cross Section at 23 keV
J. C. Engdahl, G. F. Knoll, J. C. Robertson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 44-52
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19605
The DP_N Surface Flux Integral Neutron Transport Method for Slab Geometry
Jiri Stepanek
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 53-65
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19606
Asymptotically Stable Solutions of Nonlinear Space-Dependent Neutron Kinetics Equations
R. Srivenkatesan, M. S. Trasi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 66-73
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19607
Application of Three-Exponential Representation of Photon Buildup Factors to Water
A. Foderaro, R. J. Hall
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 74-78
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19608
The Quadrature of the Point Kernel in Shielding Calculations
O. J. Wallace
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 78-85
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19609
A Nonsingular Point Kernel Integrand
O. J. Wallace
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 85-88
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19610
Approximations to Neutron Escape Probability and Dancoff Correction
Y. A. Chao, M. B. Yarbrough, A. S. Martinez
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 89-91
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-89
Polynomial Expressions for the Neutron Escape Probability
Hem Prabha Raghav
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 91-96
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-91
Solution of the Reactor Probability Equation in the Detector Weak-Coupling Limit
Lawrence Ruby
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 96-97
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19613
A Method for Solving Integral Transport Equation for Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor Cluster Geometry
P. D. Krishnani, K. R. Srinivasan
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 1 | May 1981 | Pages 97-103
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19614

Number 2

Table of Contents
Comment on Approximate Escape Probability Calculations (Iván Lux)
Responses to “Comment on Approximate Escape Probability Calculations” (Yung-An Chao)
Comments on the Tritium Solubility in Lithium Oxide as a Solid Tritium Breeding Material (Shoichi Nasu, Takaaki Tanifuji, Hidefumi Takeshita)
Response to “Comments on the Tritium Solubility in Lithium Oxide as a Solid Tritium Breeding Material” (Robert C. Clemmer)
The Detection of Fissionable Materials by Nondestructive Means (Edward D. Blakeman)
Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (Chia-Jung Hsu)
Integral Transport Theory Formalism for Diffusion Coefficient Calculations in Wigner-Seitz Cells (P. Benoist)

Calculation of the Radial and Axial Diffusion Coefficient for a Hexagonal Lattice of a High-Temperature Reactor with Block Elements
P. Köhler
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 113-120
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20097
Criticality of 4.3 wt% Uranium-235 Enriched UO₂ Rods in Uranyl Nitrate Solution Containing Gadolinium
R. C. Lloyd, S. R. Bierman, E. D. Clayton, B. M. Durst
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 121-125
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20098
Fission-Product Energy Release for Times Following Thermal-Neutron Fission of Plutonium-239 and Plutonium-241 Between 2 and 14 000 s
J. K. Dickens, T. A. Love, J. W. McConnell, R. W. Peelle
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 126-146
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20099
Uranium-238 Inelastic Neutron Scattering at 82 keV
R. R. Winters, N. W. Hill, R. L. Macklin, J. A. Harvey, D. K. Olsen, G. L. Morgan
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 147-153
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20100
Phenomenological Modeling of the Triggering Phase of Small-Scale Steam Explosion Experiments
M. L. Corradini
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 154-170
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20101
Exact Solution for Suboptimal Control of Nuclear Reactors with Distributed Parameters
S. H. Kim, Jonghwa Chang
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 171-175
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20102
Monte Carlo Self-Shielding Corrections for Use with Neutron Spectrum Unfolding Codes
D. J. Brenner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 175-177
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20103
Fast Neutron Spectrum in Lithium with a 14-MeV Neutron Source
A. E. Profio, Gad Shani, G. A. Dissanaike
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 178-182
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20104
A Determination of the Carbon Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Section
W. V. Prestwich, M. A. Islam, T. J. Kennett
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 182-185
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20105
Decay Rate and Decay Heat Data from Fission Products
K. Shure
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 2 | June 1981 | Pages 185-190
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20106

Number 3

Table of Contents
Comment on the Nonhyperbolicity of Two-Phase Flow Equations (W. S. Liu)
Reply to “Comment on the Nonhyperbolicity of Two-Phase Flow Equations” (Robert W. Lyczkowski)
Nuclear Power and Its Environmental Effects (Emil T. Chanlett)

Transmission of a Gaseous Radioactive Isotope Through an Adsorber Bed
Richard Madey, Jan-Chan Huang, Eugene Pflumm
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 205-210
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20298
The Application of Generalized Perturbation Theory and Mathematical Programming to Equilibrium Refueling Studies of a CANDU Reactor
D. Rozon, A. Hébert, D. McNabb
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 211-226
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20299
Neutron Streaming in Fast Reactor Slab Lattices and in Cylindrical Channels
E. A. Fischer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 227-238
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20300
Measurements of the ²³⁸U(n, γ) Cross Section at Thermal and Fast Neutron Energies
W. P. Poenitz, L. R. Fawcett, Jr., D. L. Smith
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 239-247
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-1
Neutron Fission Cross-Section Measurement of Americium-241 in the Energy Range from 10 to 1030 keV
W. Hage, K. Wisshak, F. Käppeler
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 248-258
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20302
Calculation of Neutron and Gamma-Ray Energy Spectra for Fusion Reactor Shield Design: Comparison with Experiment
R. T. Santoro, R. G. Alsmiller, Jr., J. M. Barnes, G. T. Chapman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 259-272
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20303
Transport Calculation of Gamma Rays Including Bremsstrahlung by the Discrete Ordinates Code PALLAS
K. Takeuchi, S. Tanaka, M. Kinno
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 273-283
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20304
One-Dimensional Discrete Ordinates Adjoint Calculations of Cylindrical Target Responses to Plane-Incident Sources
S. A. Dupree, J. E. Morel
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 284-293
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20305
Downward Penetration of a Hot Liquid Pool into a Gas-Releasing Miscible Solid Surface
Rouyentan Farhadieh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 294-296
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20306
An Equivalence Relation for Annular Absorbers
John F. Carew
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 296-297
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20307
A Study of Neutron Flux and Source Approximations in Slab Geometry
Frej Wasastjerna
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 297-304
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A20308

Number 4

Table of Contents
Generalized Perturbation Theory for Nonlinear Systems from the Importance Conservation Principle (A. Gandini)
Response to ‘Neutron Lifetime, Generation Time, and Reproduction Time’ (C. R. Marot)
Pressure Component Construction … Design and Materials Application (C. E. Knight)

Multigroup Transport Theory. I. Basic Analysis
C. E. Siewert, P. Benoist
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 311-314
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21364
Multigroup Transport Theory. II. Numerical Results
R. D. M. Garcia, C. E. Siewert
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 315-323
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21365
Evaluation of the ²³Na(n,2n) ²²Na Reaction for ENDF/B-V
D. C. Larson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 324-332
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21366
Total Neutron Cross Sections of Heavy Nuclei
W. P. Poenitz, J. F. Whalen, A. B. Smith
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 333-341
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21367
Space-Energy Few-Group Neutron Cross Sections for Large, Complex Core Calculations
L. B. Freeman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 342-358
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21368
Measurement of the Cross Section for the ⁷Li(n,n't)⁴He Reaction in the 7- to 9-MeV Energy Range
Donald L. Smith, Manuel M. Bretscher, J. W. Meadows
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 359-369
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21369
Neutron Total Cross Section and Resonance Parameters of ²³¹Pa
Abdel-Razik Z. Hussein, J. A. Harvey, N. W. Hill, J. R. Patterson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 370-376
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21370
Measurement of (n, α) Cross Sections of Chromium, Iron, and Nickel in the 5- to 10-MeV Neutron Energy Range
A. Paulsen, H. Liskien, F. Arnotte, R. Widera
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 377-385
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21371
Kinetic Studies of the Reaction of Plutonium Hydride with Oxygen
Jerry L. Stakebake
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 386-392
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21372
An Anomaly in the Use of Perturbation Theory
F. Rahnema, G. C. Pomraning
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 393-395
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21373
HYPERFUSE: A Hypervelocity Inertial Confinement System for Fusion Energy Production and Fission Waste Transmutation
Henry Makowitz, James R. Powell, Richard Wiswall
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 395-404
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21374
Low-Energy Nuclear Fusion Data and Their Relation to Magnetic and Laser Fusion
Nelson Jarmie
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 404-412
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21375
Neutrons from ¹¹B + ¹¹B Compared with Other Sources of Neutrons from ¹¹B + p Burn
Edwin Norbeck
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 412-414
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21376
Measurement of the Average Activation Cross Section for the Reaction ⁶³Cu(n, α)⁶⁰Co in the Spontaneous Fission Neutron Field of Californium-252
G. Winkler, V. Spiegel, C. M. Eisenhauer, D. L. Smith
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 415-419
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21377
Measurement of the ⁵³Cr(n, p)⁵³V Cross Section Below 9.4 MeV Using a Sample Transport Facility
Donald L. Smith, J. W. Meadows, Frank F. Porta
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 420-424
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21378
KINGLET Critical Assembly: An Experiment with Flowing Fissile Solution
T. F. Wimett, H. C. Paxton
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 425-431
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21379
Steam Generator Flow Instability Modeling During the Reflood Stage of a Loss-of-Coolant Accident
D. Y. Hsia, P. Griffith
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 431-437
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21380