Simulation of the traveling wave burning on epithermal neutrons on the year time scale

We present the newly obtained results of two computer simulations of the epithermal neutron-nuclear burning in natural uranium. Each of them modeled the period of six months of the traveling wave reactor (TWR) operation -- for two different flux densities of an external neutron source. The simulatio...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-03
Main Authors: Rusov, V D, Tarasov, V A, Eingorn, M V, Chernezhenko, S A, Kakaev, A A, Smolyar, V P, Kosenko, S I, Zelentsova, T N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Fast neutrons
Neutron flux
Neutrons
Traveling waves
Uranium
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Summary:We present the newly obtained results of two computer simulations of the epithermal neutron-nuclear burning in natural uranium. Each of them modeled the period of six months of the traveling wave reactor (TWR) operation -- for two different flux densities of an external neutron source. The simulation results confirm the existence of a nuclear burning wave at longer time scales, and reveal the dependence of the wave burning modes on the parameters of an external neutron source.
ISSN:2331-8422