Title:
Uranium-232 Beryllide Neutron Source
Uranium-232 Beryllide Neutron Source
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hertel, Nolan E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bechtel, Ryan Daniel | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Tedder, Daniel | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Wang, C-K Chris | |
| dc.contributor.department | Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-05-25T17:49:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-05-25T17:49:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-10-23 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A [U-232]UBe13 neutron source was designed and modeled and the fluence and flux distributions were calculated. The [U-232]U decay chain emits six high energy alpha particles in quick succession and is ideal for use in a beryllium (a,n) neutron source. [U-232]U is an undesirable byproduct in the production of [U-233]U in the thorium fuel cycle; its concentrations can vary from 5-3000 ppm in bred [U-233]U. A 1.1018-cm diameter by 1.1018-cm tall cylinder of [U-233]UBe13 with 300ppm U-232 at 0.74 GBq (20 mCi) was modeled and found to have a peak yield of 3.5*105 n/s after 10.17 years. At this peak yield, the [U-232]UBe13 source has better neutron production efficiency per initial alpha emission activity than other beryllide neutron sources. | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M.S. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14650 | |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | UBe13 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Neutron production | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dirty uranium | en_US |
| dc.subject | (Alpha n) | en_US |
| dc.subject | (A n) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uranium-232 | en_US |
| dc.title | Uranium-232 Beryllide Neutron Source | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.advisor | Hertel, Nolan E. | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
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