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Experiments on light water lattices with enriched uranium fuel; Analyse des donnees experimentales sur les reseaux a eau legere et uranium enrichi

Abstract

Experiments a light water lattices with slightly enriched uranium fuel, have been performed at Brookhaven and Bettis Plant Laboratories. The results are studied and compared with simple theories on reactor calculations. By taking into account shadow effects and non Maxwellian neutron spectrum, which are important in this kind of reactors, we have been able to explain the observed results fairly well. We can thus give a constituent set of formulas with which to calculate lattices similar to there we studied. (author) [French] Les resultats d'experiences effectuees aux Laboratoires de Brookbaven et de Bettis Plant, sur des reseaux heterogenes a eau legere et uranium metallique legerement enrichi, sont analyses et confrontes avec les theories simples du calcul de pile. En tenant compte des effets d'interaction et d'echauffement du spectre de neutrons qui sont importants dans ce type de reacteurs, on parvient a rendre compte convenablement des resultats observes. On a ainsi mis au point un formulaire permettant le calcul des reseaux quivpeuvent etre consideres comme assez semblables aux reseaux etudies. (auteur)
Authors:
Audinet, M; [1]  Lamare, J de; [2]  Panossian, J [3] 
  1. Societe des Forges et Ateliers du Creusot, 75 - Paris (France)
  2. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires
  3. Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques (France)
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1958
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
CEA-R-807
Resource Relation:
Other Information: 22 refs
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CROSS SECTIONS; DIFFUSION LENGTH; EPITHERMAL NEUTRONS; FAST FISSION FACTOR; FERMI AGE THEORY; FUEL RODS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTOR CORES; HEXAGONAL CONFIGURATION; MIGRATION LENGTH; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON SPECTRA; ONE-GROUP THEORY; RESONANCE ESCAPE PROBABILITY; SHADOW EFFECT; SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM; SLOWING-DOWN LENGTH; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT
OSTI ID:
20877850
Research Organizations:
CEA Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
French
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: FR07R0807045563
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
FRN
Size:
63 pages
Announcement Date:
Jun 18, 2007

Citation Formats

Audinet, M, Lamare, J de, and Panossian, J. Experiments on light water lattices with enriched uranium fuel; Analyse des donnees experimentales sur les reseaux a eau legere et uranium enrichi. France: N. p., 1958. Web.
Audinet, M, Lamare, J de, & Panossian, J. Experiments on light water lattices with enriched uranium fuel; Analyse des donnees experimentales sur les reseaux a eau legere et uranium enrichi. France.
Audinet, M, Lamare, J de, and Panossian, J. 1958. "Experiments on light water lattices with enriched uranium fuel; Analyse des donnees experimentales sur les reseaux a eau legere et uranium enrichi." France.
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title = {Experiments on light water lattices with enriched uranium fuel; Analyse des donnees experimentales sur les reseaux a eau legere et uranium enrichi}
author = {Audinet, M, Lamare, J de, and Panossian, J}
abstractNote = {Experiments a light water lattices with slightly enriched uranium fuel, have been performed at Brookhaven and Bettis Plant Laboratories. The results are studied and compared with simple theories on reactor calculations. By taking into account shadow effects and non Maxwellian neutron spectrum, which are important in this kind of reactors, we have been able to explain the observed results fairly well. We can thus give a constituent set of formulas with which to calculate lattices similar to there we studied. (author) [French] Les resultats d'experiences effectuees aux Laboratoires de Brookbaven et de Bettis Plant, sur des reseaux heterogenes a eau legere et uranium metallique legerement enrichi, sont analyses et confrontes avec les theories simples du calcul de pile. En tenant compte des effets d'interaction et d'echauffement du spectre de neutrons qui sont importants dans ce type de reacteurs, on parvient a rendre compte convenablement des resultats observes. On a ainsi mis au point un formulaire permettant le calcul des reseaux quivpeuvent etre consideres comme assez semblables aux reseaux etudies. (auteur)}
place = {France}
year = {1958}
month = {Jul}
}