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H. Hurwitz, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 1 | July 1959 | Pages 11-17
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25620
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A simplified method is presented for the approximate analysis of reactor start-up incidents. In particular, formulas are given for the inverse reactor period at the time when the power reaches the trip level. General results are derived for the total energy generation in the absence of a scram assuming that the reduction in reactivity is a linear function of the total energy which has been generated.
