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G7 pledges support for nuclear at Italy meeting
The Group of Seven (G7) recommitted its support for nuclear energy in the countries that opt to use it at a Ministerial Meeting on Climate in Italy last month.
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G. D. Joanou, J. R. Triplett, R. M. Wagner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 18 | Number 3 | March 1964 | Pages 363-369
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE64-A20056
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An iterative approach to the reactor burnup problem is developed on the basis of analytical solutions for the variable-coefficient burnup equations. The time dependence of the depletion matrices, A(t), is approximated by a polynomial representation. The number of basic time points for which spatial-diffusion calculations during burnup are required is determined only by the order of approximation necessary to give a reasonably good fit for the time dependence of A(t). Usually a low-order approximation is sufficient, so the number of diffusion calculations is reduced to a minimum. The method is applicable both to survey-type calculations and to detailed reactor-burnup studies. A comparison of some results obtained with the method described in this paper and with standard calculational methods is given for a typical example. The results show the rapid convergence and accuracy of the proposed procedure.