COUPLING SJÖSTRAND AND FEYNMAN METHODS IN PROMPT NEUTRON DECAY CONSTANT ANALYSES
Conference
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OSTI ID:1352175
The Sjöstrand and Feynman methods have been widely applied to subcritical assemblies analyses. Within the point kinetics framework, the Sjöstrand method determines the system reactivity by the ratio between the prompt and delayed areas from pulsed neutron source experiments. In addition, the slope of the prompt area gives the prompt neutron decay constant. The latter parameter can be also obtained from fitting the Feynman curve. Consequently, the goal of this work is to combine the Sjöstrand and Feynman methods in order to find the best fitting domain for calculating the prompt neutron decay constant. The experiments and MCNP simulations performed to accomplish this goal have analyzed the KUKA subcritical assembly facility of Japan driven by 100 MeV protons.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) - Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation - Office of Material Management and Minimization (M3)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1352175
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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