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

Abstract

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.)
Authors:
Publication Date:
Oct 15, 1963
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
CONF-243-51; AED-Conf-63-168-52
Reference Number:
NSA-18-021687
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Nuclear Society Conference on Problems of Operating Research and Power Reactors, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada), 21-23 Oct 1963
Subject:
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; ANALOG SYSTEMS; EQUATIONS; HEAVY WATER COOLANT; HEAVY WATER MODERATOR; IODINE; LOSSES; NATURAL URANIUM FUEL; NRU; POISONING; POWER; RESEARCH REACTORS; SHUTDOWN; STARTUP; VARIATIONS; XENON
OSTI ID:
4881608
Research Organizations:
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL), Chalk River, Ontario (Canada)
Country of Origin:
Canada
Language:
English
Submitting Site:
DTIE
Size:
Pages: 11
Announcement Date:
Dec 31, 1964

Citation Formats

Kerr, Edward. Extending reactor time-to-poison and reducing poison shutdown time by pre-shutdown power alterations. Canada: N. p., 1963. Web.
Kerr, Edward. Extending reactor time-to-poison and reducing poison shutdown time by pre-shutdown power alterations. Canada.
Kerr, Edward. 1963. "Extending reactor time-to-poison and reducing poison shutdown time by pre-shutdown power alterations." Canada.
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