Published September 15, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Kinetics of accelerator driven devices

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

Description

Kinetic calculations were made to show that subcritical accelerator driven devices are robust and stable. The calculations show that large changes in reactivity that would lead to an uncontrollable excursion in a reactor would lead only to a new power level in a subcritical device. Calculations were also made to show the rate of power changes resulting from startup and shutdown, and that methods also exist for continuously monitoring the reactivity of a subcritical system

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
346
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 724-728
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International conference on accelerator-driven transmutation technologies and applications
Dates
25-29 Jul 1994
Place
Las Vegas, NV (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40034161
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATOR DRIVEN TRANSMUTATION; CRITICALITY; NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVITY; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; REACTOR START-UP; SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
Descriptors DEC
EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; KINETICS; OPERATION; REACTION KINETICS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SHUTDOWN; START-UP; TRANSMUTATION

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Notes
(c) 1995 American Institute of Physics.