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Fukushima plutonium effect and blow-up regimes in neutron-multiplying media

Nuclear Theory 2016-05-05 v2

Abstract

It is shown that the capture and fission cross-sections of 238U and 239Pu increase with temperature within 1000-3000 K range, in contrast to those of 235U, that under certain conditions may lead to the so-called blow-up modes, stimulating the anomalous neutron flux and nuclear fuel temperature growth. Some features of the blow-up regimes in neutron-multiplying media are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1209.0648,
  title  = {Fukushima plutonium effect and blow-up regimes in neutron-multiplying media},
  author = {V. D. Rusov and V. A. Tarasov and V. M. Vaschenko and E. P. Linnik and T. N. Zelentsova and M. E. Beglaryan and S. A. Chernegenko and S. I. Kosenko and P. A. Molchinikolov and V. P. Smolyar and E. V. Grechan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.0648},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

15 pages, 8 figures. (v2: numerous corrections and style improvements). arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1207.3695