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The use of monodirectional neutron sources for the investigation of shielding (B-2 apparatus in a BR-5 reactor)

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The report describes the B-2 apparatus, installed in a BR-5 fast reactor, for investigating the passage of neutrons through various shielding materials. It is shown that the monodirectional neutron disc source used in this apparatus makes it possible to obtain detailed information on the spatial-energy and angular distributions of the neutrons in the shielding. The effect of the angular distribution of the radiation leaving the source on the attenuation factor of this radiation in shielding was also investigated.

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In conclusion I would like to express my sincere thanks to A. I. Leipunskii for valuable advice during the formulation of the scheme of investigations concerning the passage of neutrons in different media from monodirectional sources, and I. I. Bondarenko, V. V. Orlov, V. I. Kukhtevich, Yu. A. Kazanskii, B. I. Sinitsyn, E. S. Matusevich, B. P. Shemetenko, Sh. S. Nikolaishvili, V. P. Mashkovich, and A. A. Abagyan for discussing the results of this work; and, finally, D. S. Pinkhasik 'and N. N. Aristarkhov for considerable help in making the B-2 apparatus.

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Tsypin, S.G. The use of monodirectional neutron sources for the investigation of shielding (B-2 apparatus in a BR-5 reactor). The Soviet Journal of Atomic Energy 12, 318–323 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01683243

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