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Achieving High-Power Configuration in Missouri S&T Reactor (MSTR) for Potential Uprate
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
  • Thaqal Alhuzaymi
  • Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Research reactor is a powerful tool because of its wide contribution, almost to each field of science. It’s considered to be an essential element for advancing research, development and improvement in nuclear industry. The main goal of research reactor is to produce neutrons which are beneficially used for a wide range of applications such as industrial, agricultural, medical, etc. Neutron spectrum impact it uses. Commonly, neutrons with low energy level, up to 0.5 eV, called thermal neutrons where neutrons with intermediate energy level, ranging from 0.5 eV to 0.10 MeV, called epithermal "resonance" neutrons and neutron with high energy level, above 0.10 MeV, called fast neutron. Thermal and epithermal neutrons can be used for a wide range of purposes such as basic irradiation experiments, neutron radiography, radiolysis, neutron activation analysis, low-scale isotope production and etc. Fast neutrons can be used for investigating radiation damages, advance test of materials behavior and large-scale isotope production.

Meeting Name
2019 ANS Meeting (2019: Jun. 9-13, Minneapolis, MN)
Department(s)
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Publication Date
6-13-2019
Publication Date
13 Jun 2019
Disciplines
Citation Information
Thaqal Alhuzaymi and Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo. "Achieving High-Power Configuration in Missouri S&T Reactor (MSTR) for Potential Uprate" Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 120 (2019) p. 957 - 960 ISSN: 0003-018X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ayodeji-alajo/52/