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Leakage Neutron Spectrum from a Bare Pu239 Critical Assembly

Leona Stewart

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 8 / Number 6 / December 1960 / Pages 595-597

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-A25846

The leakage neutron spectrum of a bare Pu239 critical assembly has been measured with nuclear emulsions as both radiator and detector. A comparison with similar measurements on the U235 analogue of this assembly indicates a higher average energy for the Pu239 neutrons.