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Meaning of "thermal neutron"

Thermal neutron: A neutron that has a kinetic energy corresponding to the temperature of its surroundings. This phrase is often used in nuclear physics and reactor engineering
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  • A relatively slow-moving neutron whose energy is governed by the temperature of its environment.

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An appropriate thermal neutron absorbing material is boron.
This invention concerns a system for inspecting a thermal neutron absorption wall.
Thermal neutron fluence detector response.
The secondary gamma radiation comes from thermal neutron absorption in hydrogen.
Thermal neutron flux density.
This invention relates to the monitoring of thermal neutron flux within a nuclear reactor.
Thermal neutron fission.
This middle of the fuel bundle is normally under a high thermal neutron flux.
This is a thermal neutron reactor design.
The delayed neutrons resulting from fission after irradiation in a thermal neutron flux will be measured.
Maximal thermal neutron flux η cm.
The resulting MOX fuel can be used in traditional thermal neutron power reactors.
Average thermal neutron flux.
These reactors are fast neutron, not thermal neutron designs.
The incident thermal neutron fluence to deliver a dose equivalent.

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However, they provide an integral quantity over a thermal neutron spectrum.
Thermal neutron reactor.
Horizontal distribution of the fast and thermal neutron flux density in the poolside facility.
The thermal neutron absorber material of the plates is usually boron carbide.
The cross section of gadolinium for thermal neutron capture makes this element a promising candidate.
Thermal neutron flux density Average Maximum.
Boiling water reactors have their thermal neutron flux monitored by local power range detectors.
This particular reaction has a significant cross-section only at thermal neutron energies.
Example values for thermal neutron cross section are shown in the table below.
System, device and process for inspection of a thermal neutron absorption wall.
A separate thermal neutron reaction spectrum is constructed from the gamma emission detected during this period.
And the above proposition of an accelerator-driven thermal neutron scheme is presently a prospective issue.
TNA uses thermal neutron capture to generate the gamma rays.
Previous safety standards on this subject related to land based, stationary thermal neutron power plants.
BWR is a thermal neutron reactor in which the moderator is ordinary water.
Vertical distribution of the fast and thermal neutron flux density in HFR position G8.
The thermal neutron flux density is between 1.
DRDC-Ottawa supplies the thermal neutron activation detector.
Thermal neutron A neutron slowed down by a moderator to thermal energies, much below 1 eV.
O Electronic thermal neutron activation.
Thermal neutron polarisation".
Accordingly, higher levels of thermal neutron flux are present in this region.
Thermal neutron detector ( DNT ) containing material suitable for detecting principally thermal neutrons ;.
It presents one of the lowest thermal neutron capture cross-sections of all isotopes.
The structure of FIG . 3 is adapted to obtaining a thermal neutron spectrum.
The capture of a thermal neutron is a random process governed by a large cross-section.
The illustrated detectors 21 are He ³ detector tubes but any suitable thermal neutron detector will suffice.
Upon irradiation, a thermal neutron interacts with the target nucleus via a non-elastic collision, causing neutron capture.
Nitrogen-15 presents one of the lowest thermal neutron capture cross sections of all isotopes.
The D19 thermal neutron diffractometer allows the matter studied to be analysed.
The 6Li has a high cross-section for thermal neutron absorption through the 6Li(n, α) reaction.
Max . thermal neutron flux in the order of,.
A 14C atom is created when a thermal neutron displaces a proton in 14N.
The thermal neutron flux density of this irradiation position is approximately 7 . 1012 ncnrrV.
The values w corresponding to thermal neutron nuclear reactions ( n, Y ), and, in brackets, the corresponding recoil energies ;.

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