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Point kinetics modeling

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Description

A normalized form of the point kinetics equations, a prompt jump approximation, and the Nordheim-Fuchs model are used to model nuclear systems. Reactivity feedback mechanisms considered include volumetric expansion, thermal neutron temperature effect, Doppler effect and void formation. A sample problem of an excursion occurring in a plutonium solution accidentally formed in a glovebox is presented

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also available from OSTI as DE97002359; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
18 p.
Report number
LA-UR--96-3887

Conference

Title
Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the European Nuclear Society (ENS).
Dates
10-14 Nov 1996.
Place
Washington, DC (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28064509
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
EXCURSIONS; GLOVEBOXES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTIVITY; REACTOR PHYSICS; REACTOR SAFETY; SOLUTES; SOLUTIONS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ACTINIDES; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; KINETICS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; METALS; MIXTURES; REACTION KINETICS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SAFETY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-7405-ENG-36
Funding organization
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-961103--27.