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NEUTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION [1 record]

Record 1 2007-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

Californium-252 or Pu/Be [plutonium/beryllium] calibration sources should be used for work areas that process plutonium metal and plutonium oxide because their neutron energy distribution is similar to those compounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
CONT

La connaissance de la distribution énergétique des neutrons au sein d'un réacteur ou à la sortie d'un faisceau constitue une donnée essentielle, pour le fonctionnement du réacteur lui-même et pour l'optimisation des conditions d'irradiation d'une expérience.

Spanish

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