Bevilacqua, 1977 - Google Patents
Fissionable mass storage deviceBevilacqua, 1977
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- Bevilacqua F
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An apparatus for the safe storage of a plurality of fissionable masses including an array of discrete neutron absorbing shields which utilizes the principle of the neutron trap to reduce the multipication factor of the storage array to a subcritical value when immersed in a …
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