Traveling Wave Reactor and Condition of Existence of Nuclear Burning Soliton-Like Wave in Neutron-Multiplying Media
Physical fundamentals of traveling wave reactor are considered. We show that the condition of existence of nuclear burning soliton-like wave in a neutron-multiplying medium is determined in general by two conditions. The first condition (necessary) is determined by relationship between the equilibrium concentration and critical concentration of active (fissionable) isotope that is a consequence of the Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization condition. The second condition (sufficient) is set by the so-called Wigner quantum statistics, or more accurately, by a statistics of the Gaussian simplectic ensembles with respect to the parameter that describes the squared width of burning wave front of nuclear fuel active component.
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2011
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Authors: | Rusov, Vitaliy D. ; Linnik, Elena P. ; Tarasov, Victor A. ; Zelentsova, Tatiana N. ; Sharph, Igor V. ; Vaschenko, Vladimir N. ; Kosenko, Sergey I. ; Beglaryan, Margarita E. ; Chernezhenko, Sergey A. ; Molchinikolov, Pavel A. ; Saulenko, Sergey I. ; Byegunova, Olga A. |
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Energies. - MDPI, Open Access Journal, ISSN 1996-1073. - Vol. 4.2011, 9, p. 1337-1361
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MDPI, Open Access Journal |
Subject: | traveling wave reactor | nuclear burning wave | nuclear fuel | neutron concentration |
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Type of publication: | Article |
Classification: | Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Q0 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics. General ; Q4 - Energy ; Q40 - Energy. General ; Q41 - Demand and Supply ; Q42 - Alternative Energy Sources ; Q43 - Energy and the Macroeconomy ; q47 ; Q48 - Government Policy ; Q49 - Energy. Other |
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