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Title: An Overview of the Current Status of Resonance Theory in Reactor Physics Applications

Abstract

The neutron resonance phenomena constitute one of the most fundamental subjects in nuclear physics as well as in reactor physics. It is the area where the concepts of nuclear interaction and the treatment of the neutronic balance in reactor lattices become intertwined. The later requires the detailed knowledge of resonance structures of many nuclides of practical interest to the development of nuclear energy. The key issue of the resonance treatment in reactor applications is directly associated with the use of the microscopic cross sections in the macroscopic reactor cells with a wide range of composition, temperature, and geometric configurations. It gives rise to the so called self-shielding effect. The accurate estimations of such an effect are essential not only in the calculation of the criticality of a reactor but also from the point of view of safety considerations. The latter manifests through the Doppler effect particularly crucial to the fast reactor development. The task of accurate treatment of the self-shielding effect, however, is by no means simple. In fact, it is perhaps the most complicated problem in neutron physics which, strictly speaking, requires the dependence of many physical variables. Two important elements of particular interest are: (1) a concise descriptionmore » of the resonance cross sections as a function of energy and temperature; (2) accurate estimation of the corresponding neutron flux where appropriate. These topics will be discussed from both the historical as well as the state-of-art perspectives.« less

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); USDOE Nuclear Energy Programs
OSTI Identifier:
10145926
Report Number(s):
ANL/RA/CP-80550; CONF-9310313-1
ON: DE94010465; TRN: 94:011967
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 11. International School of Nuclear Physics, Neutron Physics, and Nuclear Energy, Varner (Bulgaria), 3-11 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR PHYSICS; RESONANCE; RESONANCE ABSORPTION; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; SHIELDING; ZERO POWER REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; CROSS SECTIONS; REICH-MOORE FORMULA; BREIT-WIGNER FORMULA; MATRICES; REACTOR LATTICES; NEUTRON FLUX; RESONANCE INTEGRALS; Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); Doppler Effect; Light Water Reactor (LWR); Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF); Single Level Breit-Wigner (SLBVV); Adler-Adler (AA); Reich-Moore (RM); Zero Power Reactor; R-Matrix Theory; 220100; 990200; THEORY AND CALCULATION; MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS

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Hwang, R. N. An Overview of the Current Status of Resonance Theory in Reactor Physics Applications. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Hwang, R. N. An Overview of the Current Status of Resonance Theory in Reactor Physics Applications. United States.
Hwang, R. N. 1993. "An Overview of the Current Status of Resonance Theory in Reactor Physics Applications". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10145926.
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abstractNote = {The neutron resonance phenomena constitute one of the most fundamental subjects in nuclear physics as well as in reactor physics. It is the area where the concepts of nuclear interaction and the treatment of the neutronic balance in reactor lattices become intertwined. The later requires the detailed knowledge of resonance structures of many nuclides of practical interest to the development of nuclear energy. The key issue of the resonance treatment in reactor applications is directly associated with the use of the microscopic cross sections in the macroscopic reactor cells with a wide range of composition, temperature, and geometric configurations. It gives rise to the so called self-shielding effect. The accurate estimations of such an effect are essential not only in the calculation of the criticality of a reactor but also from the point of view of safety considerations. The latter manifests through the Doppler effect particularly crucial to the fast reactor development. The task of accurate treatment of the self-shielding effect, however, is by no means simple. In fact, it is perhaps the most complicated problem in neutron physics which, strictly speaking, requires the dependence of many physical variables. Two important elements of particular interest are: (1) a concise description of the resonance cross sections as a function of energy and temperature; (2) accurate estimation of the corresponding neutron flux where appropriate. These topics will be discussed from both the historical as well as the state-of-art perspectives.},
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