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NEUTRONIC REACTOR CONTROL

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4169533

An apparatus is described for indicating the approach to prompt criticality of a neutronic reactor and comprises means for oscillating an absorber in the reactor, a detector for measuring neutron flux in the reactor, two channels into which the output of the detector can be directed, one of which includes a narrow band filter with band pass frequency equal to that of the oscillator, and means for indicating the ratio of the signal produced by the channel with the filter to the signal produced by the other channel, which constitutes an indication of the approach to prompt criticality.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-14-021918
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2931761
OSTI ID:
4169533
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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