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Extending reactor time-to-poison and reducing poison shutdown time by pre-shutdown power alterations

Conference ·
OSTI ID:4881608
Manipulation of reactor power prior to shutdown and increasing the time- to-poison a sufficient amount to enable the required maintenance work to be completed and the reactor immediately restarted are discussed. The method employed in the NRU Reactor to gain the maximum timeto-poison with the least production loss is outlined. The method is based on intuition and is described by means of an analog of the iodine--xenon equations rather than the equations themselves. (C.E.S.)
Research Organization:
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL), Chalk River, Ontario (Canada)
NSA Number:
NSA-18-021687
OSTI ID:
4881608
Report Number(s):
CONF-243--51; AED-Conf--63-168-52
Country of Publication:
Canada
Language:
English

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