An analysis of highly-enriched uranium-heavy water latticewas made recently using few-group diffusiontheoryandtheequivalent diffusion of control rodsandtarget assemblies.
The device's primary source of neutron radiation was the radioactive element californium, but the stream of neutrons produced by the californium was multiplied by passing it through a lattice of highly enriched uranium U-235, whose nuclear fission released additional neutrons.