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Table A3.26 Measured results of α [s −1 ] and ρ [$] in Case D5-3 (Ref. [1])
α [s −1 ]
ρ [$]
Detector
Feynman-α
α-fitting
Area (Sjostrand) Area (Gozani)
BF-3 #1 (Ch#1) 959.79 ± 48.45
1160.10 ± 17.13 2.710 ± 0.123
3.766 ± 0.224
BF-3 #2 (Ch#2) 1215.05 ± 44.44 1166.86 ± 14.88 2.585 ± 0.053
3.460 ± 0.108
BF-3 #3 (Ch#3) 1105.17 ± 16.49 1174.34 ± 10.96 1.493 ± 0.020
1.086 ± 0.040
BF-3 #4 (Ch#4) 3583.95±186.81 1352.44 ± 42.55 0.333 ± 0.007
–
Fiber #1 (Ch#5) –
–
0.324 ± 0.001
–
Fiber #2 (Ch#6) –
1157.06 ± 80.98 0.328 ± 0.001
–
Fiber #3 (Ch#7) –
–
–
–
A3.2.1.7 Case D6 (3840 HEU Plates)
See (Table A3.27, A3.28, A3.29, A3.30 and A3.31).
Table A3.27 Core condition in Cases D6-1 to Case D6-3 (3840 HEU plates) (Ref. [1])
Case
C1
C2
A3
S4
S5
S6
k eff
D6-1
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.93000
D6-2
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.93000
D6-3
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.93000
Table A3.28 Beam characteristics of 14 MeV neutrons in Cases D6-1 to D6-3 (Ref. [1])
Case
Frequency (Hz)
Width (μs)
Current (mA)
D6-1
20
90
0.20
D6-2
50
90
0.20
D6-3
100
80
0.15
Table A3.29 Measured results of α [s −1 ] and ρ [$] in Case D6-1 (Ref. [1])
α [s −1 ]
ρ [$]
Detector
Feynman-α
α-fitting
Area (Sjostrand) Area (Gozani)
BF-3 #1 (Ch#1) 1493.13 ± 25.33 1604.09 ± 19.04 4.797 ± 0.122
8.069 ± 0.315
BF-3 #2 (Ch#2) 1635.64 ± 42.06 1734.05 ± 63.78 2.622 ± 0.033
5.053 ± 0.336
BF-3 #3 (Ch#3) 1641.15 ± 8.91
1686.35 ± 13.28 3.182 ± 0.024
3.992 ± 0.082
BF-3 #4 (Ch#4) 4166.57 ± 77.36 2118.77 ± 64.65 2.431 ± 0.012
–
Fiber #1 (Ch#5) –
–
1.449 ± 0.006
–
Fiber #2 (Ch#6) –
–
1.410 ± 0.001
–
Fiber #3 (Ch#7) –
–
–
–