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Neutrons cluster in nuclear reactors

31 Jul 2021 Isabelle Dumé
Reactor operator Nicholas Thompson of Los Alamos National Laboratory helps to set up the neutron clustering measurements at the Walthousen Reactor Critical Facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Neutron clustering measurements at the Walthousen Reactor Critical Facility at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Schenectady, NY. (Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory)
The first ever live “snapshot” of an operating nuclear reactor has revealed a surprise: the neut

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