Thermal neutron steady-state spectra in light water reactor fuel assemblies poisoned with various non-1/v absorbers of different concentrations

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Nuclear Science and Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:5780619

Swaminathan, K; Chandra, S; Jha, R C; Tewari, S P ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Delhi, Dept. of Physics and Astrophysics, Delhi (IN)

This paper reports on the thermal neutron scattering kernel that explicitly incorporates the presence of chemical binding energy and the collective oscillations in the dynamics of water, the steady-state thermal neutron spectra in light water reactor fuel assemblies poisoned with non-1/v absorbers, such as cadmium, samarium, erbium, and gadolinium, in various concentrations have been computed at 298 K. The calculated spectra are in reasonable agreement with the corresponding experimental spectra for realistic source terms.

• OSTI ID: 5780619
• Journal Information: Nuclear Science and Engineering; (United States), Journal Name: Nuclear Science and Engineering; (United States) Vol. 108:3; ISSN 0029-5639; ISSN NSENA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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