Estimation of the moderator temperature coefficient of reactivity via noise analysis using closed-loop transfer functions

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 983-991

  Housiadas, C ^a   Antonopoulos Domis, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Closed loop; Moderator temperature coefficient of reactivity; Noise analysis; PWR

Indexed keywords

BORON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODERATORS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MODERATOR TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT (MTC); NOISE ANALYSIS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0035401247     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(00)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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