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Empirical Method for Calculating Pipe Intersections Containing Fissile Solutions

Bruce Ernst, C.L. Schuske

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An empirical method has been developed for calculating safe nuclear criticality parameters for complex arrays of intersecting cylinders (pipes or arms) containing enriched uranyl-nitrate solutions. The critical parameters defined by this method include cylinder diameters, angles of intersection, cylinder spacings, and the total number of intersecting cylinders involved in arrays. Discussed also are applications to typical problems encountered in fissile processing plants.

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Key concepts: Fissile material, Computer science, Environmental science, Nuclear engineering, Engineering, Physics, Nuclear physics, Neutron