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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 28 | Number 3 | June 1967 | Pages 443-449
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A28959
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Three new models have been developed for fast-reactor physics calculations. These were obtained from the energy-dependent P1 equations by a modal expansion of the neutron flux. For certain classes of problems, these models provide attractive alternatives and supplements to conventional multigroup finite-difference models, in that considerable reductions in complexity and computational effort are realized. Integral experimental data can be used directly in one of the models, and physical insight can be incorporated into all the models via the choice of expansion modes. Each of the models was applied to calculate the integral properties of fast-reactor critical assemblies.