Estimation of control rod worth, xenon effect on reactivity and power defect of BAEC TRIGA Mark-II research reactor
| Autor: | Md. Nazrul Islam Khan, Rajib Goswami, Md. Mehedi Hassan, K. M. Jalal Uddin Rumi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics Fission products 020209 energy Nuclear engineering Control rod Neutron poison General Physics and Astronomy chemistry.chemical_element Astronomy and Astrophysics 02 engineering and technology Power (physics) TRIGA Xenon chemistry 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Research reactor Delayed neutron |
| Zdroj: | Modern Physics Letters A. 33:1850233 |
| ISSN: | 1793-6632 0217-7323 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/s0217732318502334 |
| Popis: | In this work, control rod worth, xenon (Xe) effect on reactivity and power defect have been measured by doing experiments in the BAEC TRIGA Mark-II research reactor (BTRR) and through established theoretical analysis. Firstly, to study the xenon-135 effect on reactivity, reactor is critical at 2.4 MW for several hours. Next, experiments have been performed at very low power (50 W) to avoid temperature effects. Moreover, for the power defect experiment, different increasing power level has been tested by withdrawing the control rods. Finally, it is concluded that the total control rods worth of the BAEC TRIGA Mark-II research reactor, as determined through this study, is enough to run the reactor at full power (3 MW) considering the xenon-135 and fuel temperature effects. |
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