Stochastic theory of zero-power nuclear reactors. Part 2. Probability of the branching process degeneration and issues of estimating the probability of a nuclear accident

A formula has been derived to estimate the degeneration probability in which the conditional probability that the fission process will not stop by the time t is determined by using a system of nonlinear differential equations presented in the paper. It follows from the formula that whatever the bree...

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Main Author: Yu.V. Volkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI) 2015-09-01
Series:Nuclear Energy and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452303815000060