Nuclear Science and Safety in Europe pp 239-251 | Cite as
FAST REACTOR BASED ON THE SELF-SUSTAINED REGIME OF NUCLEAR BURNING WAVE
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Abstract
An approach for description of the space-time evolution of self-organizing nuclear burning wave regime in a critical fast neutron reactor has been developed in the effective multigroup approximation. It is based on solving the non-stationary neutron diffusion equation together with the fuel burn-up equations and the equations of nuclear kinetics for delayed neutron precursor nuclei. The calculations have been carried out in the plane one-dimensional model for a two-zone homogeneous reactor with the metal U–Pu fuel, the Na coolant and constructional material Fe.
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Fast Reactor Neutron Spectrum Fast Neutron Reactor Constructional Material Breeding Zone
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