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ON THE STABILITY OF HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEAR REACTORS WITH NON-LINEAR REACTIVITY DEPENDENCE ON TEMPERATURE

Journal Article · · Nuclear Sci. and Eng.
OSTI ID:4820934
> The stability and instability properties of homogeneous nuclear reactors with a single temperature coefficient of reactivity that is temperature dependent are studied by means of Liapounoff's second method. The special case of a temperature coefficient that is linearly dependent on temperature is solved completely for a space-independent model and it is shown that all solutions are bounded and tend asymptotically to a constant, if the reactivity decreases as the temperature approaches large values. In some conditions, the reactor has two stable equilibrium points. (auth)
Research Organization:
O.E.E.C., European Nuclear Energy Agency, Paris
NSA Number:
NSA-16-006127
OSTI ID:
4820934
Journal Information:
Nuclear Sci. and Eng., Journal Name: Nuclear Sci. and Eng. Vol. Vol: 11
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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