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[5.1] What is l of 0.0253 eV thermal neutron in graphite ( a 0.273 10 cm )?
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What is l in of 1 MeV fast neutron in iron ( a 0.738 10 cm )?
(Note that a 0.0253 eV neutron has a speed of 2200m/s)
lamda
0.0124
0.0305
0.111
0.301
1.14
3.01
beta
0.000215
0.001424
0.001274
0.002568
0.000748
0.000273
0.006502
beta/lamda
0.01733871
0.046688525
0.011477477
0.008531561
0.00065614
9.06977E-05
0.084783111
1/lamda=sum/beta
lamda =
13.03954341
0.076689802
0.077 s 1 Hence
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the quadratic equation / 0 which has the solutions:
2 4 /
1 1 4 /
2
2
of the largest . Thus
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T
1 1 4 /
= 1 , we have / ? 1 and
Since
1 1 4 / 1 2 / 2 /
Hence
T /
5 / 0.007 0.000571 = 1 Thus
For the data given, / 0.08 5 10
T 5 105 / 0.08 0.007 0.299 s
[5.13] A critical reactor operates at a power level of 80 W. Dropping a control rod into
the core causes the flux to undergo a sudden decrease to 60 W. How many dollars is the
control rod worth? .
n0
80
1 0.333$
From Eq. (3.63) / 1
n1
60