The design, construction, and study of the effect of a cadmium-aluminum shield for the V. P. I. subcritical reactor

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dc.contributor.authorDe Volpi, Alexanderen
dc.contributor.departmentNuclear Engineering Physicsen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-08T19:40:14Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-08T19:40:14Zen
dc.date.issued1958en
dc.description.abstractA cadmium-aluminum shield for the V.P.I. subcritical reactor was designed and constructed. Aluminum provides structural strength. Suitable access to fuel and experimental facilities was provided. Experimentally it was determined that the shield is opaque to an influx of thermal neutrons. This is manifested by a depression in neutron density near the boundaries of the pile when the shielded and unshielded region counting rates are compared. The natural-uranium slugs and the highly radioactive source are padlocked within the shield. The assembly is also protected from contamination. Practically no additional biological protection is afforded by the shield due to the neutron-gamma reaction in cadmium.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent82 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52212en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 25822574en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1958.D486en
dc.subject.lcshNuclear reactors -- Reactivityen
dc.titleThe design, construction, and study of the effect of a cadmium-aluminum shield for the V. P. I. subcritical reactoren
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dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineNuclear Engineering Physicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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