Posted on 03/29/2016 11:08:55 AM PDT by djf
Which you will find mentioned in my second paragraph, although I didn’t use the term “prompt neutron”.
My Honda CRV speedometer goes up to 140. One day I am going to test that.
I worked at nuclear power plant for years (in IT). The general public would be surprised how often reactors shutdown. Operators have a very small window of time to correct an error state before the reactors shut down as a safety measure. The whistle would blow and people would say, “the blankety-blank thing has shut down again” in an exasperated voice. Lot of work to bring the blankety-blank thing back online again.
You said. Neutrons are rarely emitted by decay. All Neutrons are emitted by decay. Of an unstable nucleus.
The N reactor was also graphite moderated. It ran until 1987, a year after Chernobyl.
BTW it was used to make plutonium and electricity.
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