Delayed neutron effect in time-domain fluctuation analyses of neutron detector current signals
| Autor: | Yasunori Kitamura, Tsuyoshi Misawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Physics
020209 energy Detector 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences Noise (electronics) 010305 fluids & plasmas Computational physics Nuclear Energy and Engineering Prompt neutron Ionization 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Neutron detection Time domain Exponential decay Delayed neutron |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Nuclear Energy. 123:119-134 |
| ISSN: | 0306-4549 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.09.004 |
| Popis: | In the previous study, the theoretical formulae of two time-domain reactor noise techniques, i.e., the auto-covariance and the variance-to-mean function techniques, were derived (Kitamura et al., 2018). These two techniques analyse the temporal fluctuation in continuous neutron detector current signals arising from ionization chambers such as the fission chamber. They are hence inherently insensitive to the count-loss effect that sometimes brings serious difficulties to the conventional time-domain techniques that analyse the number of detector pulse signals. With regard to these two techniques, the experimental conditions under which they successfully measure the subcriticality through determination of the prompt neutron decay constant were clarified. However, for mathematical simplicity and the sake of insight, the previous study was performed on the basis of a theoretical model neglecting delayed neutrons. The formulae of these two techniques are hence re-derived by taking delayed neutrons into consideration. Using the formulae thus derived, the delayed neutron effect in these two techniques is discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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