Porosity gain from increase in core radius and fuel mass in Tory II-C
A set of calculations has been done to determine the amount by which the volume of solid material in a Tory II-C core can be reduced with respect to the total core volume. Three separate problems were studied. In each case, some change was made which by itself would increase the K[sub eff] of the reactor. Then, in order to keep K[sub eff] unchanged, a certain amount of core material was removed. The calculations were done by means of the one-dimensional neutronic diffusion code ZOOM. The base problem ZR 1008 on which the variations were made is a cross section of Tory II-C as represented in two dimensions by ANGIE problem RZ 501. The cross section is taken at a distance of 0.3 of the length of the reactor from the front surface, and the Z dimension is adjusted in ZR 1008 so that K[sub eff] is the same as for RZ 501.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 443242
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-ID-125503; ON: DE97050855
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Declassified; PBD: 14 Feb 1963
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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