An Empirical Correlation of the Experimental Data on Homogeneous, Highly Enriched, Uranium and Uranium-Hydrogen Critical Assemblies—II. Changes in Physical Properties

Abstract

An empirical correlation is presented which enables a constant B₀ to be determined in terms of the mass concentration of ²³⁵U, the atomic ratio H/²³⁵U and the excess multiplication (k_∞ – 1). This constant B₀ behaves similarly to the material buckling and from it can be determined the physical size of a hydrogeneous uranium critical assembly.