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Fabrication milestone for INL’s MARVEL microreactor
A team from Idaho National Laboratory and the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) recently visited Carolina Fabricators Inc. (CFI), in West Columbia, S.C., to launch the fabrication process for the primary coolant system of the MARVEL microreactor. Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), which manages INL, awarded the CFI contract in January.
Martin E. Nelson, Dean A. Miller, Peter F. Wiggins, Gordon Riel, Thomas D. Strickler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 71 | Number 2 | November 1985 | Pages 512-519
Technical Paper | Technique | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33703
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A new approach is described in the use of NE-213 detectors to perform neutron spectra measurements, which have been developed jointly by the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Surface Weapons Center. The approach is based on collecting a three-dimensional matrix of neutron and gamma-ray data. The dimensional plots of the collected data, which are computer generated, are used to ensure proper separation of the neutrons from gamma rays. After separation, the spectra are calibrated, binned, renormalized, and finally unfolded. In this manner neutron energy spectra and kerma are obtained. Linear attenuation coefficients for 14-MeV neutrons were determined by placing iron, lead, aluminum, polyester, and polyethylene-based materials between the neutron source and the NE-213 detector.