3 papers
physics.hist-ph2021
Critical Assemblies: Dragon Burst Assembly and Solution Assemblies
R. Kimpland, T. Grove, P. Jaegers +2
This work reviewed the historical literature associated with the Dragon experiment and Water Boiler reactors operated at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Frisch's invited t…
physics.ins-det2020
Fast Rossi-alpha Measurements of Plutonium using Organic Scintillators
M. Y. Hua, C. A. Bravo, A. T. MacDonald +7
In this work, Rossi-alpha measurements were simultaneously performed with a He-based detection system and an organic scintillator-based detection system. The assembly is 15 kg…
physics.ins-det2020
Patchy nuclear chain reactions
Eric Dumonteil, Rian Bahran, Theresa Cutler +9
Stochastic fluctuations of the neutron population within a nuclear reactor are typically prevented by operating the core at a sufficient power, since a deterministic behavior of th…