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[en] It is difficult to estimate integral reactor parameters, especially reactivity, in deeply subcritical cores. Indeed the standard neutronic methods have been designed for near critical reactivity levels and they often need a critical reference. This thesis takes part in the research on ADS (Accelerated Driven Systems), for which the multiplication coefficient would be about 0.95. The first part of the thesis deals with the development of the XMODE system. It is a flexible measurement system dedicated to experiments in neutronics. X-MODE is capable of acquiring logical signals particularly in time-stamping mode as well as analogical signals. The second part of the thesis presents a statistical study of the methods used to analyse flux transients. Indeed a lot of methods exist to analyse flux transients and some are little known. Means to estimate characteristics of reactivity estimators are provided, methods compared and recommendations made. Finally, the dynamic measurements of the TRADE program are analysed and discussed. During this program, three subcritical configurations were explored. It appears that pulsed neutron source experiments give reactivity estimations that are much more precise than those obtained from flux transients. (author)
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Contribution au developpement d'un systeme de mesure multimode pour des mesures neutroniques dynamiques et traitement des incertitudes associees
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Nov 2006; 306 p; 85 refs.; Also available from Universite Louis Pasteur-74 route du Rhin BP 24, 67401 - Illkirch Cedex (France); These physique des reacteurs
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ACCELERATOR DRIVEN TRANSMUTATION, ALGORITHMS, ANALOG SYSTEMS, CALIBRATION, COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION, COUNTING CIRCUITS, COUNTING TECHNIQUES, DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS, DATA COVARIANCES, DELAYED NEUTRON PRECURSORS, DELAYED NEUTRONS, DETERMINISTIC ESTIMATION, FISSION CHAMBERS, LEAST SQUARE FIT, MONTE CARLO METHOD, MULTIPLICATION FACTORS, NEUTRON DETECTION, NEUTRON FLUX, PULSE TECHNIQUES, SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES
BARYONS, CALCULATION METHODS, DETECTION, DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS, ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS, FERMIONS, FISSION NEUTRONS, HADRONS, IONIZATION CHAMBERS, ISOTOPES, MATHEMATICAL LOGIC, MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS, MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD FIT, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, NEUTRON DETECTORS, NEUTRONS, NUCLEONS, NUMERICAL SOLUTION, RADIATION DETECTION, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIATION FLUX, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, SIMULATION, TRANSMUTATION
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