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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
R. P. Gardner, D. R. Whitaker
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 217-224
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28309
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A multivariable search method is used to predict the optimum design parameters of a gamma-ray scatter gauge for the measurement of the atmospheric density on Mars. The gauge design parameters are incorporated into mathematical models that can be used to calculate the signal and noise responses of the gauge. Then the optimum performance criterion, which consists of the noise-to-signal squared ratio, is minimized by searching these models over the allowable range of values of the gauge design parameters. The optimum values of gamma-ray energy, source-detector distance, and lower- and upper-discriminator settings found in this manner were 106.4 keV, 225 cm, 67.2 keV, and 83.5 keV.
