Title:
UNCERTAINTIES IN THE INHOUR EQUATION
Subject Terms:
FUELS AND MATERIALS ENGINEERINGMULTIPLICATION FACTOR - PILE CONSTANTSREACTOR TECHNOLOGYREACTORS - REACTIVITYTHEORETICAL CALCULATION
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Publication Date:
1956 Jun 01
Declassification Date:
1992 Sep 06
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Accession Number:
RL-1-363930
Document Number(s):
HW-43469
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Jun 19
Description/Abstract:
COVERS (1) DEFINITION OF UNIT OF REACTIVITY (2) CALCULATION OF INHOUR CURVES (3) POSSIBLE ERRORS (DELAYED NEUTRON YIELD UNCERTAINTIES, EFFECTS OF NEGLECTING PU & U-238 FISSIONS PROMPT NEUTRON LIFETIME UNCERTAINTIES). APPENDIX A GIVES DERIVATIONS OF BETA VALUES AND APPENDIX B GIVES NUMERICAL EVALUATION. INCLUDES PLOTS OF VARIOU INHOUR EQUATIONS. REPLACES HW-39669.