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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Deanne Dickinson, C. L. Schuske
Nuclear Technology | Volume 10 | Number 2 | February 1971 | Pages 179-187
Technical Paper and Note | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30925
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An empirical model is presented for calculating safe nuclear criticality parameters for systems of intersecting pipes containing enriched uranyl nitrate solution. The model, which applies to systems consisting of a main pipe (the central column) from which smaller pipes (arms) branch off, uses as a criticality parameter the area of intersection of the arms with the column. Maximum safe values for both the central column diameter and the area of intersection of the arms with the column are provided for conditions of minimal, nominal, or full reflection. The current model, an extension of an earlier one, is based on Monte Carlo calculations as well as on experimental data. A review of the experimental and calculational data is included.