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Fission Reactor Physics

Author : Michael Natelson

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Fissile
Fissile isotopes are fissionable by the capture of neutrons of any energy, but are especially easily fissioned by the capture of slow neutrons, for example, U233, U235, Pu239, and Pu241.
Fertile
Fertile isotopes may be transmuted into fissile isotopes by neutron capture. The naturally occurring fertile isotopes are Th232 and U238.
Critical
A critical fission reactor is in a steady state, with its neutron population sustained by a chain reaction.
Reactivity
Reactivity is a dimensionless parameter, which characterizes how far from critical a fission reactor is. If zero, the reactor is critical; if positive, the reactor is supercritical and its neutron population is increasing; if negative, the reactor is subcritical.
Microscopic cross section
A microscopic cross section is a parameter, with dimensions of area, that is a measure of the probability of a particular reaction resulting from an incident particle on a target nucleus. The macroscopic cross section for this “particular” reaction is the microscopic cross section times the number density of the target nucleus.
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Metadata
Title
Fission Reactor Physics
Author
Michael Natelson
Copyright Year
2018
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Nuclear Energy

Print ISBN: 978-1-4939-6617-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4939-6618-9

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6618-9_18