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32 CHAPTER 3 The point reactor kinetics equations

Exercises

3.1. Explain why transfer function models facilitate combining subsystem models
to obtain a model for the whole system.

3.2. Explain the physical basis for the new terms in the kinetics equation for fluid-
fuel reactor.
3.3. Verify that Eq. (3.41) follows from Eqs. (3.39) and (3.40).

3.4. Evaluate Eq. (3.41) for a stationary-fuel reactor. Discuss your result.

References
[1] W.J. Garland (Ed.), The Essential CANDU: A Textbook on the CANDU Nuclear Power
Plant Technology, University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE),
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2014 (Editor-in-Chief).
[2] J.J. Duderstadt, L.J. Hamilton, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, John Wiley, New York, 1976.
[3] J.K. Shultis, R.E. Faw, Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, second ed.,
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2007.
[4] T.W. Kerlin, S.J. Ball, R.C. Steffy, Theoretical dynamics analysis of the molten-salt reac-
tor experiment, Nucl. Technol. 10 (1971) 118–132.

Further reading
[5] T.W. Kerlin, S.J. Ball, R.C. Steffy, M.R. Buckner, Experience with dynamic testing
methods at the molten-salt reactor experiment, Nucl. Technol. 10 (1971) 103–117.