The Decay of Fission Product Activity for Cyclic Operation of a Reactor

James W. Butler; M. Grotenhuis

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE58-A25445

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The Decay of Fission Product Activity for Cyclic Operation of a Reactor

James W. Butler, M. Grotenhuis

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 3 / Number 1 / January 1958 / Pages 47-51

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE58-A25445

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This paper presents a brief study of fission product gamma-ray power as a function of time after shutdown for periodic reactor operation as compared to constant power operation. The basic decay formula of Way and Wigner is used.