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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research operates a 20 MW research reactor whose primary purpose is to produce cold
Water cooled reactors experience reactivity changes when voids are present in the coolant. The fraction of coolant in the core diminutions in the event of
The Radiation Monitoring System (RMS) at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Reactor (National Bureau of Standards Reactor – NBSR) has demonstrated