US breakthrough settles decades-old debate on graphite’s role in nuclear reactors
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Oak Ridge researchers proved that microscopic pores in nuclear reactor graphite don't affect neutron-slowing properties. Using neutron scattering, they found increased activity comes from neutrons bouncing off pore surfaces, not disrupted atomic vibrations.
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