{"title":"Scintillation in helium at high pressures due to alpha-particles","authors":"S.A. Baldin, V.V. Gabrilovski, F.E. Chukreev","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90011-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90011-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 247-252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90011-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77054224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts and titles of future papers","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90015-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90015-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 260-263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90015-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91974840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The direct conversion of thermonuclear energy to electrical power in the stabilized pinch","authors":"R.J. Bickerton, J.D. Jukes","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90004-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90004-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A method is suggested whereby the energy liberated by the thermonuclear reactions in a stabilized, pinched discharge may be converted directly into electrical power. Physical criteria are derived which must be satisfied by, the discharge. A comparison is made between the direct conversion method and one in which an external heat cycle is used.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 206-214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90004-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77644137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P.M. Tutakin, S.P. Tsytko, A.N. L'vov, A.K. Walter, V.Iu. Gonchar
{"title":"The polarization of the gamma-radiation from the reaction 30Si(p, γ)31P","authors":"P.M. Tutakin, S.P. Tsytko, A.N. L'vov, A.K. Walter, V.Iu. Gonchar","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90013-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90013-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 253-256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90013-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74073346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal stresses in reactor shells due to thermal neutron irradiation—I","authors":"M.J. Hillier","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90002-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90002-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Assuming that the thermal neutron flux through a flat slab can be expressed as the sum of exponential terms, the heating effects due to capture γ-ray absorption are calculated. Curves are presented for total heat absorbed, peak temperature and peak thermal stress for a simple attenuation of neutrons through the slab. The results are applicable to the heating effects in pressure vessel shells.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 187-196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90002-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73879819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Monte Carlo study of neutron thermalization","authors":"H.D. Brown","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90001-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90001-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The slowing down of neutrons from fission to absorption energies in a homogeneous medium has been treated by a Monte Carlo method. Thermalization by elastic collisions in both light and heavy water was computed on an IBM 650. One-sixth the mean-square distance travelled by the neutrons was interpreted as the migration area. This quantity was analysed to give the age, τ, both above and below the indium resonance, and the thermal diffusion constant, <em>D</em>, as functions of the moderator temperature, the effective moderator mass, the moderator composition, the scattering and absorption laws, and the energy distribution of the neutron source.</p><p>The migration area from the fission energy source to below the indium resonance energy (1·46 eV) was found to be 26·3 cm<sup>2</sup> for H<sub>2</sub>O and 115 cm<sup>2</sup> for D<sub>2</sub>O. By varying the absorption cross-section, the migration area from the indium resonance energy to absorption of the neutrons could be decomposed into components <em>D</em>/<em>gS</em><sub><em>a</em></sub> and <em>τ</em><sub><em>s</em></sub>. <em>D</em> and <em>τ</em><sub><em>s</em></sub> were found to be 0·19 cm and 0·77 cm<sup>2</sup> respectively for H<sub>2</sub>O, and 0·87 cm and 20 cm<sup>2</sup> for D<sub>2</sub>O. <em>D</em> was found to increase with the thermal agitation of the moderator at the rate of 0·13 per cent/°C for H<sub>2</sub>O and 0·14 per cent/°C for D<sub>2</sub>O. Neutron energy distributions found from the scattering frequency agree with those derived by analytical methods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 177-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90001-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75148054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Author index to volume 8","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90017-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90017-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Page viii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90017-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92013413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"List of contents","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90016-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90016-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages vii-viii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90016-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92143088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A.K. Lavrukhina, L.P. Moskaleva, L.D. Krasavina, I.M. Grechishcheva
{"title":"The formation of 24Na and 32P by the interaction of high energy protons with complex nuclei","authors":"A.K. Lavrukhina, L.P. Moskaleva, L.D. Krasavina, I.M. Grechishcheva","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90007-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90007-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The formation of <sup>24</sup>Na and <sup>32</sup>P by the interaction of high energy protons with Cu, La, Au and Th has been investigated. The dependence of the yields of <sup>24</sup>Na and <sup>32</sup>P on proton energy was studied radio-chemically. Yields rise considerably with increase of the proton energy from 120 to 660 MeV and depend markedly on the atomic number of the target element. The calculated formation thresholds for <sup>24</sup>Na and <sup>32</sup>P in spallation and fission are compared with the experimental values showing that in Cu, La and Au these two nuclei are formed mainly by strongly asymmetric fission. Formation of <sup>32</sup>P from Cu is an exception, being due to spallation, and this process is also important in the formation of <sup>24</sup>Na from Cu.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 231-238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90007-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89205839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discriminator losses in proton-recoil fast-neutron dosimeters","authors":"Iu.I. Petrov","doi":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90010-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0891-3919(59)90010-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nuclear Energy (1954)","volume":"8 4","pages":"Pages 244-246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1959-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0891-3919(59)90010-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87180087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}