CANDU BOOSTER ROD EXPERIMENT IN ZED-2

Technical Report · Mon Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 1965

OSTI ID:4558815

Kay, R E; Green, R E

Experiments have been performed in a simulated CANDU core in ZED-2 to determine the perturbing effect of a CANDU booster assembly on the surrounding lattice, the neutron distribution within the booster and its reactivity effect. The maximum observed flux perturbation in the lattice was ~ + 25% at a distance of ~ 20 cm from the booster whilst the maximum perturbation in the booster was - 43% at the centre of the middle fuel plate. A calculation was performed, using a simplified model based on the ZED-2 measurements, to estimate the reactivity effect of the booster in CANDU.

• Research Organization: Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario (Canada)
• NSA Number: NSA-20-020225
• OSTI ID: 4558815
• Report Number(s): AECL-2525
• Country of Publication: Canada
• Language: English

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REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
Power and Power-Breeder Reactors
CANDU
DISTRIBUTION
FUEL ELEMENTS
NEUTRON FLUX
PLATES
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
REACTIVITY
REACTORS
RESEARCH REACTORS
RODS
ZED-2