armi.materials.californium module

Californium is a synthetic element made in nuclear reactors.

It is interesting in that it has a large spontaneous fission decay mode that produces lots of neutrons. It’s often used as a neutron source.

class armi.materials.californium.Californium[source]

Bases: armi.materials.material.Material

name = 'Californium'
paramCollectionType

alias of armi.reactor.parameters.parameterCollections.MaterialParameterCollection