Prompt reactivity determination in a subcritical assembly through the response to a dirac pulse

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-120

  Perdu, F ^a   Loiseaux, J M ^a   Billebaud, A ^a   Brissot, R ^a   Heuer, D ^a   Lebrun, C ^a   Liatard, E ^a   Meplan, O ^a   Merle, E ^a   Nifenecker, H ^a   Vollaire, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Neutron pulse; Prompt jump; Reflector; Subcriticality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISSION REACTIONS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); REACTOR CORES; SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

DIRAC PULSES;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION);

EID: 0037214609     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(02)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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