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Fission-product afterheat: a review of experiments pertinent to the thermal-neutron fission of $sup 235$U

Year: 1973

Type: report

Abstract: Experimental data relating to beta and gamma energy release rates following thermal-neutron fission of /sup 235/U are reviewed. An afterheat function based on these experiments, for after-shutdown times from 1 s to 5 x 10/ sup 5/ s, is proposed and compared with the proposed ANS Standard ANS-5.1; and the uncertainty in the function proposed here is estimated. This proposed function varies between 0.98 and 1.08 times the proposed standard function; the standard deviation is estimated to be between 10% and 15%. (31 figures, 17 tables, 48 references) (auth)

Source: OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

DOI: 10.2172/4428309

Authors: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA), A. Perry, US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), F. Maienschein, D. Vondy

Language: English

Topic: Nuclear reactor physics and engineering

Subfield: Nuclear Energy and Engineering

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W149588373

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