Shutdown reactivity meter system for nuclear fuel storage cells

Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Testing – sensing – measuring – or detecting a fission reactor... – Flux monitoring

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ABSTRACT:
A system for determining whether a self-sustaining neutron chain reaction (i.e., criticality) may occur as each successive nuclear fuel element is added to a liquid-filled tank. This is accomplished by determining whether a multiplication factor, k, approaches unity after each element is added to the tank in accordance with the equation:

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Control of Nuclear Power Plants, Shultz, (1955), McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc., p. 218.

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