Delineations of power and power-to-flow feedback components of EBR-II

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6891674

Meneghetti, D; Kucera, D A

The detailed contributions of feedback components by regions for various experimental breeder reactor-II (EBR-II) configurations have been reported assuming given values for the coolant flows. The separation of these components into power dependent and power-to-flow dependent parts if reported here for EBR-II run 93A. The power-reactivity-decrement (PRD) can then be expressed as the sum of parts which enables the PRD for other values of coolant flow to be estimated. The delineations of the components also enhance the understanding of the contributions of the various components and regions in the feedback process in EBR-II. Separation of the components into power and power-to-flow delineations were made by calculations of the components of the PRD assuming infinite coolant flow and comparing with results previously reported for finite flow. Subtractions of the infinite-flow feedback values from the corresponding finite-flow values give the power-to-flow portions. These linear and Doppler components of the PRDs were calculated using the EBRPOCO program together with an addition to the program (RODCO) which accounts for the effects of axial positionings of control rods.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL
• OSTI ID: 6891674
• Report Number(s): CONF-861102-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 53
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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