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A3.2.1.2 Case D1 (4560 HEU Plates)
See (Tables A3.4, A3.5, A3.6, A3.7, A3.8, A3.9 and A3.10).
Table A3.4 Core condition in Case D1-1 to Case D1-5 (4560 HEU plates) (Ref. [1])
Case
C1
C2
A3
S4
S5
S6
k eff
D1-1
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.99178
D1-2
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.99178
D1-3
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.99178
D1-4
0.00
1200.00
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.98947
D1-5
0.00
0.00
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.98225
Table A3.5 Beam characteristics of 14 MeV neutrons in Cases D1-1 to D1-5 (Ref. [1])
Case
Frequency [Hz]
Width (μs)
Current (mA)
D1-1
20
80
0.20
D1-2
50
80
0.20
D1-3
100
80
0.20
D1-4
20
80
0.20
D1-5
20
80
0.20
Table A3.6 Measured results of α [s −1 ] and ρ [$] in Case D1-1 (Ref. [1])
α [s −1 ]
ρ [$]
Detector
Feynman-α
α-fitting
Area (Sjostrand)
Area (Gozani)
BF-3 #1 (Ch#1)
422.96 ± 12.93
426.81 ± 28.34
0.846 ± 0.033
0.857 ± 0.120
BF-3 #2 (Ch#2)
497.90 ± 14.80
493.62 ± 31.92
0.868 ± 0.015
1.069 ± 0.119
BF-3 #3 (Ch#3)
486.88 ± 11.37
494.12 ± 21.71
0.902 ± 0.009
1.064 ± 0.079
BF-3 #4 (Ch#4)
562.18 ± 18.08
448.21 ± 53.07
0.915 ± 0.004
0.857 ± 0.141
Fiber #1 (Ch#5)
–
–
–
–
Fiber #2 (Ch#6)
–
402.58 ± 57.99
0.913 ± 0.001
0.744 ± 0.134
Fiber #3 (Ch#7)
–
–
–
–