Relationship between keff and uranium concentration: the curve between keff and MU−235 (a), and the linear relationship between 1/keff and 1/MU−235 (IMAGE)

Nuclear Science and Techniques

Relationship between keff and uranium concentration: the curve between keff and MU−235 (a), and the linear relationship between 1/keff and 1/MU−235

Caption

While reactivity is commonly understood to have a nonlinear relationship with nuclide concentration, typically requiring complex numerical calculations, we discovered that taking the reciprocal of uranium concentration reveals a linear relationship with reactivity.

 

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Chang-Qing Yu

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