Accession Number:

AD0672891

Title:

REACTOR UTILIZATION IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Strain,Charles V.

Report Date:

1968-06-21

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

The radiations generated in a nuclear reactor are useful not only in nuclear physics research but also in many nonnuclear fields of science and technology. A review of present and potential applications of the NRL 1-MW reactor is undertaken with the purpose of encouraging additional utilization of this facility. Neutron activation analysis, a technique capable of assaying very small amounts of many of the chemical elements, is widely used, with examples of its use ranging from the analysis of trace impurities in highly purified materials to law-enforcement purposes. The sensitivities of the neutron activation technique, expressed as the smallest measurable amount of each chemical element, are included. Other techniques discussed include the measurement of magnetic and crystallographic structure by neutron diffraction, inert and radioactive tracer techniques, the production and use of radioactive sources, radiation effects, and thermal-neutron radiography. Author

Descriptors:

• (*NUCLEAR REACTORS
• NEUTRON ACTIVATION)
• NEUTRON BEAMS
• REACTOR CORES
• SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)
• RADIATION EFFECTS
• THERMAL NEUTRONS
• RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
• TRACER STUDIES
• RADIOGRAPHY
• DIFFUSION
• CORROSION
• OCEANOGRAPHY
• SHIELDING
• ISOTOPE IMPURITIES
• GAMMA RAYS
• INTENSITY
• LIGHT WATER REACTORS
• SENSITIVITY
• ATMOSPHERIC MOTION

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Fission Reactors (Non-Power)
• Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE