Neutronic Analysis on a Low Enriched Uranium Coupled Reactor Consisting of Pulse Cores and a Laser Module
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A highly enriched uranium coupled reactor consisting of pulse cores and a laser module is known as one of the reactors for nuclear-pumped laser. Neutronic analysis on a low enriched uranium coupled reactor which consists of pulse cores and a laser module was performed. Calculation results showed that a low enriched uranium coupled reactor could achieve criticality by using several expanded pulse cores and thermal expansion effect of the pulse cores was the most dominant in factors on feedback effect of the coupled reactor.
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