EXPERIMENTS on the processes arising in thorium under neutron bombardment have shown that nuclear fission is induced only by fast neutrons of energies of about 2 Mev. or more. There exists also a ...

Fundamental studies of neutron capture and neutron-induced fission and applications relevant to astrophysics, nuclear medicine, stockpile stewardship, nuclear forensics, homeland security and nuclear ...

As alluded to in the introduction, the speed of the neutrons in their fission process is what makes a “fast” reactor fast. Whereas light-water reactors (LWR: including PWR, BWR and SCWR ...

The worldwide demand for energy continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. This, combined with the dwindling supply and increasing cost of fossil fuels plus the realization of the threat they ...

Most new nuclear fission reactors being built today are of the light water reactor (LWR) type, which use water for neutron moderation into thermal neutrons as well as neutron capture. While ...

Nuclear fission close nuclear fissionThe splitting of a large nucleus to produce two smaller ones. Two or three neutrons are also released in the process. The energy from the neutrons powers a ...