Thermal Spikes and Uranium Instability
Description:
Thermal spikes occurring during the life of a slug in a pile cause a momentary destruction of the original configuration of atoms in the metal. This process occurs at such a rate that in a thermal neutron flux of 10(13) neutrons per square centimeter per second each atom in the metal will be subject to temperatures above the melting point of uranium every 40 minutes.
Date:
December 10, 1952
Creator:
Last, G. A. & McLachlan, D., Jr.
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