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Evaluation of the criticality constant from Pulsed Neutron Source measurements in the Yalina-Booster subcritical assembly
Authors: V. Bécares; M. Fernández-Ordóñez; D. Villamarin; Y. Fokov; S. Mazanik; I. Serafimovich; Victor Bournos; +2 Authors
V. Bécares; M. Fernández-Ordóñez; D. Villamarin; Y. Fokov; S. Mazanik; I. Serafimovich; Victor Bournos; Carl Berglöf; E. González-Romero;
Evaluation of the criticality constant from Pulsed Neutron Source measurements in the Yalina-Booster subcritical assembly
Abstract
The prompt decay constant method and the area-ratio (Sjostrand) method constitute the reference techniques for measuring the reactivity of a subcritical system using Pulsed Neutron Source experiments (PNS). However, different experiments have shown that in many cases it is necessary to apply corrections to the experimental results in order to take into account spectral and spatial effects. In these cases, the approach usually followed is to develop different specific correction procedures for each method. In this work we discuss the validity of prompt decay constant method and the area-ratio method in the Yalina-Booster subcritical assembly and propose a general correction procedure based on Monte Carlo simulations.
Related Organizations
- Complutense University of Madrid Spain
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Russian Federation
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Russian Federation
- Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
- Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research Belarus

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