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A new approach to calculation of the coefficients of sensitivity of the fuel pin power to deviations in gap sizes between fuel assemblies of the VVER-1000 reactor during its operation is proposed. It is shown that the calculations by the MCU code should be performed for a full-size model of the core to take the interference of the gap influence into account. In order to reduce the conservatism of calculations, the coolant density and coolant temperature feedbacks should be taken into account, as well as the fuel burnup.
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Original Russian Text © L.K. Shishkov, S.S. Gorodkov, E.F. Mikailov, E.A. Sukhino-Homenko, A.S. Sumarokova, 2015, published in Voprosy Atomnoi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya: Fizika Yadernykh Reaktorov, 2015, No. 5, pp. 18–25.
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Shishkov, L.K., Gorodkov, S.S., Mikailov, E.F. et al. The influence of changes in the VVER-1000 fuel assembly shape during operation on the power density distribution. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 79, 1298–1304 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778816080184
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