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Reactivity Assessment in Subcritical Systems

<p>Accelerator-driven systems have been proposed for incineration of transuranic elements from spent nuclear fuel. For safe operation of such facilities, a robust method for reactivity monitoring is required. In this thesis, the most important existing reactivity determination methods have been evaluated experimentally in the subcritical YALINA-experiments in Belarus. It is concluded that the existing methods are sufficient for calibration purposes, but not for reactivity monitoring during regular operation of an accelerator-driven system. Conditions for successful utilization of the various methods are presented, based on the experimental experience.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:kth-4363
Date January 2007
CreatorsPersson, Carl-Magnus
PublisherKTH, Physics, Stockholm : Fysik
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeLicentiate thesis, comprehensive summary, text
RelationTrita-FYS, 0280-316X ; 2007:13

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