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Investigation Into the Use of a Lead Slowing Down Spectrometer for Neutron Cross Section Analysis

Creator:

Keppen, Jackson D.

Abstract:

A lead slowing-down spectrometer (LSDS) was modeled in the hopes of beginning a nuclear data development campaign at Oregon State University. An LSDS can be used for neutron interrogation techniques, such as determining isotopic inventory of a sample of unknown components or determining the cross section of a sample of...

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Honors College Thesis

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State’s School of Nuclear Science and Engineering Haori Yang, Committee Member, representing Oregon
Incorporating statistical uncertainty into nuclear material diversion pathway analysis using probabilistic risk assessment

Creator:

Pharn, Benjamin T.

Abstract:

A Level 1 probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is applied to a plutonium button-making process, but in regards to the risk of diversion (or theft) of special nuclear material (SNM) rather than the risk of mechanical failure. The main objective of the project was to identify the relative vulnerability of areas...

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Masters Thesis
Steady State Modeling of the Minimum Critical Core of the Transient Reactor Test Facility

Creator:

Alberti, Anthony L.

Abstract:

With the advent of next generation reactor systems and new fuel designs, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has identified the need for the resumption of transient testing of nuclear fuels. The DOE has decided that the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is best suited...

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Masters Thesis