As compared with continuous reactors, the periodic nature of the energy release in pulsed reactors significantly affects both direct and reverse relationships between power and reactivity. Three specific dynamic features of pulsed reactors are identified and substantiated. One of these features – the inevitability of positive reactivity under the effect of periodic reactivity oscillations – has not been previously described in the specialized literature, despite continuous reactors also having this property, albeit to a much weaker extent.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 133, No. 2, pp. 76–81, August, 2022.
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Shabalin, E.P. Three Dynamic Features of Pulsed Reactors. At Energy 133, 79–83 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-023-00976-7
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