A facility developed using the OSU TRIGA pulsing capability and high speed motion photography has been used successfully for more than a decade to produce dynamic neutron radiographs of solid propellant combustion, two phase flow, and liquid streamflow. The existing imaging components have undergone little modification since the experiment's inception...
Gadolinium is an important element to the Nuclear Fuel Industry. Two
of the seven naturally occurring isotopes of gadolinium have very large
absorption cross sections for thermal neutrons. The isotopes of
¹⁵⁵
Gd
and
¹⁵⁷ Gd readily absorb thermal neutrons and transmute to
¹⁵⁶
Gd and
¹⁵⁸
Gd which are...
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The variable length, six-electrode plasma source for atomic
emission spectroscopy described here is operated from three
compact, simple, and inexpensive direct current power supplies. The
vertical arcs formed between the three electrode pairs completely
entrain the sample and are typically operated at 40 V and 20 A.
Three concentric quartz...
Spectrometric detection systems for gas chromatography
(GC) based on gas phase ultraviolet absorbance
and fluorescence measurements have been developed and
evaluated in this research. Polynuclear aromatic compounds
(PNAs) are selectively detected by these systems.
Limits of detection for PNAs range from 4 ng to 90 ng
for absorbance determinations, and...
Computer codes for versions of STORM, capable of calculating power distributions in a three-dimensional quarter-core of a boiling water reactor, were developed by using both a modified one-group and two-group diffusion theory model with several different power calculation schemes. Several numerical examples that demonstrate the high efficiency of the coarse-mesh...
Neutron shadow holography is a method of obtaining a
three-dimensional neutron radiograph of an object using a
Fresnel zone plate as an encoding aperture. The object is
reconstructed by passing laser light through a miniature
copy of the radiograph. The technique has been applied
extensively with X-rays and gamma rays...
The effect of gadolinia particles on the assembly criticality
of a light water reactor was investigated using two 2-group
models. The particle effect was calculated by comparing the
criticalities of two fuel assemblies, each containing one
gadolinia-poisoned rod. For purposes of comparison, both rods
contained an equal quantity of gadolinia,...