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Research into the effects of temperature on the criticality safety of fissile systems

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Amec Foster Wheeler

Award value£65,537

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    Completed
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    Completed
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    Completed

Work description

Provide details of the important nuclear processes at play (changes in reaction rates from Doppler broadening/narrowing, Fermi age, increases in cross-sections) and how these may change with temperature. The important physical changes that will occur with variations in temperature and how this can affect the neutron multiplication.

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