Application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactor
This paper describes the application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in the VR-1 reactor. The experiments were carried out on a shutdown reactor with subcriticality greater than -10 βeff. A D-D neutron generator located in the radial channel of the VR-1 reactor was used as an...
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This paper describes the application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in the VR-1 reactor. The experiments were carried out on a shutdown reactor with subcriticality greater than -10 βeff. A D-D neutron generator located in the radial channel of the VR-1 reactor was used as an external neutron source for the Source-Jerk method. The obtained results were discussed and compared with a conventional Source-Jerk method used at the VR-1 reactor and with the values calculated by the Serpent 2 code. The presented experimental works and their results will allow to extend the methods of reactivity measurements on the VR-1 reactor. They will also help to optimise reactivity measurements on the new subcritical reactor VR-2, which is currently being commissioned at the Czech Technical University in Prague.
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| spelling | doaj.art-32c32a35b5b844e8b6a722af3b01346b2023-11-21T09:12:49ZengCTU Central LibraryActa Polytechnica1805-23632023-11-0164510.14311/AP.2023.63.0356Application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactorJan Rataj0Jakub Mátl1Pavel Suk2Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Nuclear Reactors, Břehová 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech RepublicCzech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Nuclear Reactors, Břehová 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech RepublicCzech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Nuclear Reactors, Břehová 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech Republic This paper describes the application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in the VR-1 reactor. The experiments were carried out on a shutdown reactor with subcriticality greater than -10 βeff. A D-D neutron generator located in the radial channel of the VR-1 reactor was used as an external neutron source for the Source-Jerk method. The obtained results were discussed and compared with a conventional Source-Jerk method used at the VR-1 reactor and with the values calculated by the Serpent 2 code. The presented experimental works and their results will allow to extend the methods of reactivity measurements on the VR-1 reactor. They will also help to optimise reactivity measurements on the new subcritical reactor VR-2, which is currently being commissioned at the Czech Technical University in Prague. https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/9345Source-Jerk methodreactivity measurementexperimentneutron generatorsubcritical reactor |
| spellingShingle | Jan Rataj Jakub Mátl Pavel Suk Application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactor Acta Polytechnica Source-Jerk method reactivity measurement experiment neutron generator subcritical reactor |
| title | Application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactor |
| title_full | Application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactor |
| title_fullStr | Application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactor |
| title_short | Application of the Source-Jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactor |
| title_sort | application of the source jerk method using a neutron generator in a subcritical reactor |
| topic | Source-Jerk method reactivity measurement experiment neutron generator subcritical reactor |
| url | https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/9345 |
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