The application of polynomial chaos methods to a point kinetics model of MIPR: An Aqueous Homogeneous Reactor

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• 作者：C.M. Cooling ; M.M.R. Williams ; E.T. Nygaard ; M.D. Eaton
• 刊名：Nuclear Engineering and Design
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：September, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：262
• 期：Complete
• 页码：126-152
• 全文大小：4815 K

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This paper models a conceptual Medical Isotope Production Reactor (MIPR) using a point kinetics model which is used to explore power excursions in the event of a reactivity insertion. The effect of uncertainty of key parameters is modelled using intrusive polynomial chaos. It is found that the system is stable against reactivity insertions and power excursions are all bounded and tend towards a new equilibrium state due to the negative feedbacks inherent in Aqueous Homogeneous Reactors (AHRs). The Polynomial Chaos Expansion (PCE) method is found to be much more computationally efficient than that of Monte Carlo simulation in this application.