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We installed a 70,000 lbs super-critical hydrogen moderator/beryllium reflector on Saturday. No more than .5" of clearance around it all the way down. Dose rates at the plane of the opening of the hole it went into were ~50 R/hr. This was the first time this has ever been done. I am the lead engineer on this installation and will get some mileage out of this...







That's really freakin' cool. I'd like to buy you a beer and talk, but probably from the other end of the bar, far away from all of those rampant neutrons.
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