Programming point reactor kinetics equation using labview

Devefopment a program package that is able to simulate nuclear reactor operation system is useful to support socialization of nuclear power plant to society. Neutronic aspect of this simulator models reactor core as a point in order to simplify simulation process of reactor dynamics. Reactor kinetics equation obtained is known as point reactor kinetics equatuion. This equal ion is the first order of simultaneous differential equation. which relates reactivity to neutron population. This paper presents a program to solve the point reactor kinetics using Taylor method. Programming language used is Lab VIEW The algorithm and block diagram of the program are outlined. The output has identified a prompt jump in neutron density at early iteration caused by fast neutron contribution. The spreadsheet EXCEL is used to conform the output of the program in labVIEW Both EXCEL and Lab VIEW giw the same results. The result of the application of the point reactor kinetics program to nuclear reactor simulator is also presented. The use of Lab VIEW in programming point reactor kinetics indicates that numerical solution using Taylor method provides satisfactory results and requires relatively simple programming technique. (author)