Radioactive Wolves.
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JimC
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Re: Radioactive Wolves.
Anybody know what a neutron reflector would be made of? I'm thinking Beryllium...
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Warren Dew
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Re: Radioactive Wolves.
In a pressurized water reactor, it's often just steel.JimC wrote:Anybody know what a neutron reflector would be made of? I'm thinking Beryllium...
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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JimC
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Re: Radioactive Wolves.
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...Warren Dew wrote:In a pressurized water reactor, it's often just steel.JimC wrote:Anybody know what a neutron reflector would be made of? I'm thinking Beryllium...
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.
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
And my gin!