Published January 1957 | Version v1
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Measurement by oscillation of the anti-reactivity of a control plate in Zoe

Description

The displacement of a control plate leads to a corresponding variation in the multiplication factor. Measurements were done, by an oscillation method, on the anti-reactivity of a control plate in the pile Zoe as a function of its height. The plate was made to oscillate with small amplitude around a given position, and the value of the modulation of neutron density was measured. From this absolute values of the differential variation of reactivity for each mean oscillation position could be deduced directly from the kinetic equations. The curve of the differential effect as a function of the height, graphically integrated, gives the overall effect of anti-reactivity of the plate. The variation of this curve with the heavy water level is then studied. (authors)

Abstract (French)

Le deplacement d'une plaque de reglage provoque une variation correspondante du facteur de multiplication. On mesure, par une methode d'oscillation, l'antireactivite d'une plaque de reglage de la pile ZOE en fonction de sa hauteur. La plaque etant animee d'un mouvement periodique de faible amplitude autour d'une position donnee, on mesure le taux de modulation de la densite des neutrons. Les equations de la cinetique permettent d'en deduire directement la variation differentielle de reactivite pour chaque position moyenne d'oscillation. La courbe de l'effet differentiel en fonction de la hauteur, integree graphiquement, donne l'effet global de l'antireactivite de la plaque. On etudie ensuite la deformation de cette courbe avec le niveau d'eau lourde. (auteurs)

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Original title (French)
Mesure de l'antireactivite d'une plaque de reglage de Zoe par oscillation

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11 p.
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CEA-N--0179

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