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Table A3.33 Control rod worth (Ref. [1])
Rod
Rod worth [pcm]
C1 (S4)
902 ± 27
C2 (S6)
696 ± 21
A3 (S5)
232 ± 7
Table A3.34 Kinetic parameters by MCNP6.1 with JENDL-4.0 (Ref. [1])
β eff
853 ± 3 [pcm]
(3.24 ± 0.03) × 10 −5 (s)
Table A3.35 Proton beam characteristics obtained from FFAG accelerator (Ref. [1])
Energy [MeV]
Frequency (Hz)
Repetition (ns)
Current (nA)
100
20
100
0.05
A3.2.2.2 Case F1 (4560 HEU Plates)
See (Tables A3.36, A3.37, A3.38, A3.39, A3.40, A3.41 and A3.42).
Table A3.36 Core condition in Cases F1-1 to F1-6 (4560 HEU plates) (Ref. [1])
Case
C1
C2
A3
S4
S5
S6
k eff
F1-1
0.00
0.00
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.98208
F1-2
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.99135
F1-3
0.00
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.98439
F1-4
0.00
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.98208
F1-5
0.00
0.00
1200.00
1200.00
1200.00
0.00
0.97744
F1-6
0.00
0.00
1200.00
0.00
1200.00
0.00
0.96842
Table A3.37 Measured results of α [s −1 ] and ρ [$] in Case F1-1 (Ref. [1])
α [s −1 ]
ρ [$]
Detector
Feynman-α
α-fitting
Area (Sjostrand) Area (Gozani)
BF-3 #5 (Ch#1) 805.90 ± 7.13
775.65 ± 6.01
1.834 ± 0.004
1.529 ± 0.005
BF-3 #2 (Ch#2) 793.06 ± 7.12
791.55 ± 6.71
1.949 ± 0.018
1.921 ± 0.020
BF-3 #3 (Ch#3) 807.48 ± 3.88
803.10 ± 3.07
2.048 ± 0.012
1.952 ± 0.013
BF-3 #4 (Ch#4) 1145.43 ± 17.85 868.30 ± 11.13 1.801 ± 0.005
1.501 ± 0.008
BF-3 #1 (Ch#5) 771.43 ± 6.92
786.80 ± 6.76
1.964 ± 0.037
1.941 ± 0.040