Published 1987 | Version v1
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Reactivity accident analysis in MTR cores

  • 1. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Description

The purpose of the present work is the analysis of reactivity transients in MTR cores with LEU and HEU fuels. The analysis includes the following aspects: the phenomenology of the principal events of the accident that takes place, when a reactivity of more than 1$ is inserted in a critical core in less than 1 second. The description of the accident that happened in the RA-2 critical facility in September 1983. The evaluation of the accident from different points of view: a) Theoretical and qualitative analysis; b) Paret Code calculations; c) Comparison with Spert I and Cabri experiments and with post-accident inspections. Differences between LEU and HEU RA-2 cores. (Author)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
CNEA.
Imprint Place
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 10. International meeting on reduced enrichment research and test reactor [held in Buenos Aires, Argentina], September 28 - October 1, 1987
Imprint Pagination
501 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 225-241.
Report number
INIS-mf--12950

Conference

Title
10. international meeting on reduced enrichment research and test reactor.
Dates
28 Sep - 1 Oct 1987.
Place
Buenos Aires (Argentina).