A negative reactivity feedback driven by induced buoyancy after a temperature transient in lead-cooled fast reactors
Consideration is given to the possibility to use changes in buoyancy as a negative reactivity feedback mechanism during temperature transients in heavy liquid metal fast reactors. It is shown that by the proper use of heavy pellets in the fuel elements, fuel rods could be endowed with a passive self...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Nuclear Engineering and Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573317302784 |