Research into Temperature Effects on Criticality Safety of Fissile Systems
HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE · Awarded contract
AwardedResearch into Temperature Effects on Criticality Safety of Fissile Systems
Awarded 06 Nov 2017
Awarded06 Nov 2017
Value£65,537.15
SupplierAmec Foster Wheeler
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 8y 9mo ago4mo term
Awarded 6 Nov 2017Expired 19 Feb 2018
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The Health & Safety Executive awarded a contract to Amec Foster Wheeler for research into the effects of temperature on the criticality safety of fissile systems.
The research involved providing details of important nuclear processes at play, such as changes in reaction rates from Doppler broadening/narrowing, Fermi age, and increases in cross-sections, and how these may change with temperature, as well as the important physical changes that occur with variations in temperature and how these can affect neutron multiplication.
The contract value was AUD 65,537.15.
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