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Random Fluctuations in a Nuclear Fission Reactor

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THE theory of the stochastic dynamics of a nuclear fission reactor has been formulated by Moore1. The present investigation is concerned with the measurement of time-dependent reactor parameters, using a spectral analysis technique and the formulation of both theory and experiment for the correlation analysis and measurement of spatially dependent reactor parameters.

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  1. Moore, M. N., Nucl. Sci. and Eng., 3, 387 (1958).

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  1. Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London, E.1

    L. G. KEMENY &  SAMAUN

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KEMENY, L., SAMAUN Random Fluctuations in a Nuclear Fission Reactor. Nature 189, 130–131 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189130a0

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