Abstract
A proposal for the design of a pulsing reactor operating on light water and enriched uranium is given in this article, and the method of calculating the physical and thermal parameters of such a reactor are indicated. It is shown that when certain definite conditions are established very stable heat generation during the neutron pulses may be obtained. In the version of a pulsating reactor discussed here, the calculations indicate that it is possible to obtain over 5 Mw power with an average thermal neutron flux greater than 1014 neutrons/cm2· sec and a maximum neutron flux (during neutron pulse) of approximately 1017 neutrons/cm2 · sec in the reactor core.
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The author takes this opportunity to express gratitude to Academician I. V. Kurchatov for his interest in this work. The author is also grateful to U. N. Zankov for his discussion of the conclusions, and to A. K. Sokolov for his participation in a number of calculations.
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Zubarev, T.N. A pulsing reactor. At Energy 5, 1533–1547 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02285432
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02285432