NEUTRON FLUX PEAKING AND POWER SHAPES: A COMPARISON OF THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4176649
An experiment designed to measure neutron flux peaking in a reactor core due to the presence of a water slot is described. Results of two and one dimensional analyses of the experiment using various calculational procedures are given. The experimental results are well matched by the MUFT-SOFOCATE-Diffusion theory method. Extension of the one dimensional analysis is made to a typical water slot encountered in a hot Yankee core. Power shapes were also measured in various other configurations within a Yankee critical lattice involving combinations of control rods and/or control rod followers. In general, power traverses derived from two-dimensional analyses match experimental points. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. Atomic Power Dept., Pittsburgh
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-011334
- OSTI ID:
- 4176649
- Report Number(s):
- YAEC-151
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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