NEEP Seminar Series: Paul Cosgrove & Valeria Raffuzzi, University of Cambridge

Criticality searches, such as finding the boron concentration or control rod position that makes a reactor critical, are usually performed through repeated k-eigenvalue calculations. This presentation will introduce a new approach based on the zeta-eigenvalue, a scaling parameter applied to material densities or system dimensions in the neutron transport equation. At convergence, zeta directly yields the critical... For the full abstract and other event details, please visit the link below.