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Here’s an easy way to make aging U.S. power reactors look relatively youthful: Compare them (average age: 43) with the nation’s university research reactors. The 25 operating today have been licensed for an average of about 58 years.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 37 | Number 1 | July 1969 | Pages 104-110
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20902
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A method of solving the time-energy dependent problem in reactor physics is explained. This method uses an iterative process to solve the steady-state Boltzmann equation and takes advantage of the implicit time variable concealed in this equation and released by the iterative calculations. Various examples of calculations are presented for fast and thermal reactors. They reveal some interesting features of kinetics neutron population and provide information for understanding reactor kinetics and time-of-flight spectra obtained both in fast and thermal subcritical systems.