A new formula of neutron multiplication during startup of PWR

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-326

  Li, Haofeng ^a,b   Chen, Wenzhen ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Chen, Zhiyun ^a  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b Marine Environment Protection Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Delayed neutron; Neutron kinetics; Neutron multiplication; Physical startup; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CRITICAL STATE; DELAYED NEUTRONS; NEUTRON DENSITY; NEUTRON KINETICS; NEUTRON MULTIPLICATION; PHYSICAL STARTUP; POINT-KINETICS EQUATIONS; REACTOR SAFETY; REAL TIME; STEADY STATE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTROL RODS; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); EXTRAPOLATION; NEUTRON SOURCES; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 76649105425     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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