An Enhanced Reactor

F. E. O'Meara

doi:10.1103/PhysRev.89.982

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An Enhanced Reactor

F. E. O'Meara

Bendix Aviation Research Laboratories, Detroit, Michigan

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Phys. Rev. 89, 982 – Published 1 March, 1953

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.89.982

Abstract

The possibility of using a thermal uranium reactor to induce secondary fusion reactions is examined. Deuterons and tritons are accelerated by collisions with neutrons and fission fragments and the resulting $D - T$ reactions are calculated to yield $10^{- 3}$ neutron per fission.

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N. Bohr, Phys. Rev. 58, 654 (1940)
Hanson, Taschek, and Williams, Revs. Modern Phys. 21, 635 (1949)

[c1] N. Bohr, Phys. Rev. 58, 654 (1940)

[c2] Hanson, Taschek, and Williams, Revs. Modern Phys. 21, 635 (1949)

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