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Studies of the High-Intensity Field of Intermediate Neutrons of a BR-K1 Reactor

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A new high-intensity source of intermediate neutrons in the center of the active zone of a powerful pulsed BRK1 reactor has been created. Measurement of the differential energy spectrum of neutrons in the source has been performed by the neutron-activation method, using the standardized KASKAD computational program. The neutron characteristics of the created source of neutrons have been compared with foreign analogues.

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  1. All-Russia Research Institute of Physicotechnical and Radio Measurements (VNIIFTRI), Mendeleevo, Russia

    V. D. Sevast’yanov, O. I. Kovalenko & R. M. Shibaev

  2. Russian Federal Nuclear Center – All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFYaTs – VNIIEF), Sarov, Russia

    A. S. Koshelev, S. V. Vorontsov & I. Yu. Drozdov

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 6, pp. 64–68, June, 2017.

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Sevast’yanov, V.D., Kovalenko, O.I., Shibaev, R.M. et al. Studies of the High-Intensity Field of Intermediate Neutrons of a BR-K1 Reactor. Meas Tech 60, 626–631 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-017-1246-8

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