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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
F. G. Krauss, K. O. Ott, F. M. Clikeman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 25 | Number 3 | March 1975 | Pages 429-439
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24381
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The basic neutron physics investigations and the conceptual design of a cylindrical fast subcritical facility for investigating the properties of fast reactor blankets have been completed. The Department of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University plans to construct this facility to enable students to carry out studies in fast reactor blankets and reflectors. Fast neutron flux spectra in this facility can be made very similar to the spectra anticipated in the blanket of either a typical large liquid-metal or gas-cooled fast breeder reactor. Fast neutron spectra, spatial flux distributions, plutonium production rates, neutron transmission, and other physics parameters of typical fast reactor blanket designs can be investigated with this facility. The results can be used to refine the analysis and to improve the designs of blankets and structures outside the blankets in future fast breeder reactors.
