Radioactive Wolves.

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Post by JimC » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:06 pm

Anybody know what a neutron reflector would be made of? I'm thinking Beryllium...
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Re: Radioactive Wolves.

Post by Warren Dew » Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:42 am

JimC wrote:Anybody know what a neutron reflector would be made of? I'm thinking Beryllium...
In a pressurized water reactor, it's often just steel.

Neutron reflectors aren't specular reflectors like mirrors are; really they just scatter the neutrons, some of which get scattered back the way they came.
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Re: Radioactive Wolves.

Post by JimC » Mon Nov 14, 2011 4:06 am

Warren Dew wrote:
JimC wrote:Anybody know what a neutron reflector would be made of? I'm thinking Beryllium...
In a pressurized water reactor, it's often just steel.

Neutron reflectors aren't specular reflectors like mirrors are; really they just scatter the neutrons, some of which get scattered back the way they came.
Sure, I know they aren't specular, but some nuclei will do the job better than others in terms of scattering. I had a partial memory that Beryllium does the job...
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