A. G. Golovkina, I. V. Kudinovich, D. A. Ovsyannikov, “Subcritical homogeneous reactor power rate subject to space distribution and energy of the external neutron source”, Vestnik S.-Petersburg Univ. Ser. 10. Prikl. Mat. Inform. Prots. Upr., 2012, Issue 2,Pages <nobr>13

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Applied mathematics

Subcritical homogeneous reactor power rate subject to space distribution and energy of the external neutron source

A. G. Golovkina^a, I. V. Kudinovich^b, D. A. Ovsyannikov^a

^a St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes
^b Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute

Abstract: The analytic dependance of space distribution and energy of the external neutron source on the subcritical homogeneous reactor power rate is obtained. Power rate calculation results for the reactor cores of different geometry and material composition are presented. It is shown that the external source localization in the center of the reactor core could increase reactor power in 4.5 times in comparison with the case of the source even distribution in the core.

Keywords: subcritical homogeneous reactor, nuclear safety, power amplification, external neutrons source localization, external neutrons source energy.

UDC: 621.039.519.2

Accepted: February 28, 2012