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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.
D. Kedem, M. Lemanska
Nuclear Technology | Volume 28 | Number 1 | January 1976 | Pages 152-158
Technical Paper | Fuels for Pulsed Reactor / Radioisotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A31548
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The thermal-neutron flux produced by a 252Cf spontaneous fission neutron source was computed for various spherical assemblies with moderators of iron, aluminum, carbon, D2O, beryllium, and H2O and reflectors of H2O and carbon. Consideration of spherical assemblies with a 252Cf source located at the center and at various distances from the center lead to a configuration, adaptable to neutron radiography, that has a small thermalization factor and a flat thermal-neutron flux.
