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The process of formation of an asymptotic distribution of the neutron flux density in the reactor systems after introducing different negative reactivities is considered. The impact of two factors after the reactivity introduction is evaluated: (1) nonuniformity of perturbation of core properties, on one hand, and (2) a sharp reduction in the density of prompt neutrons, which prevents the appearance of new delayed neutron emitters distributed in accordance with the “new” prompt neutron distribution, on the other hand. The results of calculations show that the errors of measuring the scram system effectiveness using the method of inverse solution of the kinetics equation are caused by the fact that, after the negative reactivity insertion, the sources of prompt and delayed neutrons have different spatial distributions. In the case of high negative reactivities, this difference remains while the system still has neutrons, which can be measured.
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Original Russian Text © L.K. Shishkov, M.N. Zizin, 2013, published in VANT. Fizika yadernykh reactorov, 2013, No. 2, pp. 3–14.
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Shishkov, L.K., Zizin, M.N. On formation of the asymptotic spectrum of delayed neutron emitters in measuring the VVER-1000 scram system effectiveness. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 77, 1591–1597 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778814130110
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