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A simplified system of equations is used to investigate the properties of autowaves of slow nuclear burn, which under certain circumstances can propagate in a medium containing 238U (or 232Th). It is shown that the reactor spectrum and the presence of other substances in the medium which determine the critical concentration of plutonium (or 233U) affect the appearance of a wave.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 102, No. 3, pp. 151–158, March, 2007.
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Pavlovich, V.N., Khotyaintseva, E.N., Rusov, V.D. et al. Reactor operating on a slow wave of nuclear fission. At Energy 102, 181–189 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-007-0027-x
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