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An analytical method is presented for determining the flux distribution and reactivity in a bare homogeneous thermal nuclear reactor during fuel burn-up. It is shown that these two functions can, in principle, be calculated from a recursive set of differential equations. The analysis is illustrated for the case of a flat plate reactor.
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This research was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research under Contract Nonr-222(95)
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Chambré, P.L., Grossman, L.M. On the time-dependent flux distribution of a fixed-full thermal nuclear reactor. Appl. sci. Res. 11, 387–396 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03184623
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03184623