Andrew Kauffman

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented experimental evidence in support of the recent hypothesis that a possible solar influence could explain fluctuations observed in the measured decay rates of some isotopes during routine weekly calibrations of an instrument used for radiological safety at The Ohio State University Research Reactor using 36 Cl.

TL;DR: Simulations of neutron and Gamma flux distributions have verified that the beam shutter and beam stop provide a decent neutron and gamma shielding, and a neutron radiograph of the beam was experimentally obtained using a Polyvinyl Toluene (PVT) based plastic scintillator and a lens-based imaging setup which has further validated the simulated radiographs of thebeam.

TL;DR: In this paper, a two-wire in-core instrument that directly measures fuel energy deposition is presented, based on the addition of heat through resistive dissipation of input electrical energy to a small mass of reactor fuel or fuel analogue.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new technique for determining the mass of molten salt in irregularly shaped containers, termed radioactive tracer dilution, was validated at bench scale, using 22Na as a tracer.

TL;DR: In this paper, a technique known as radioactive tracer dilution was previously validated at a benchtop scale, and further investigated in this work to validate this method on a more significant salt mass (up to 122 grams) and more realistic spectroscopic environment.