Operational experiences of fast neutron source reactor 'YAYOI' as a pulsed fast reactor
| Autor: | Isao Saito, Shigehiro An, Takaaki Tamura, Hiroaki Wakabayashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Materials science
Nuclear engineering Single shot Energy Engineering and Power Technology Pulsed power Nuclear reactor Supercritical fluid Pulse (physics) law.invention Nuclear physics Nuclear Energy and Engineering law Neutron source Research reactor Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Waste Management and Disposal Dynamic testing |
| Zdroj: | Progress in Nuclear Energy. 32:43-52 |
| ISSN: | 0149-1970 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0149-1970(97)00006-1 |
| Popis: | University of Tokyo research reactor “YAYOI” was intended to be operated as a dynamic fast neutron source reactor as well as a stationary one. It was equiped with reactivity adding devices with both slow and quick action. The unique idea of fly—through type pulse reactivity addition into the core lends itself to minimizing thermal shock problems pertaining to fast burst reactors thereby increasing safety of a single shot type burst reactor. Operational experience of YAYOI obtained during the dynamic testing of prompt supercritical state are described here with some explanation of design aspects of YAYOI as a fast pulsed reactor. Throughout present experiments, the prompt supercritical state reactivity of about up to 29 cents was realized for YAYOI core, and it was confirmed that the sizes of pulse power were well controllable with this reactivity pulser (R—P) mode pulse operation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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