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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Analysis of Infinite Domain Criticality Zones in Finite Reactors (Uniform Power, Minimum Fuel Density, Exact Solutions, Poles of Bromwich Integral, Reduction of Pde's)

Abstract

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A reactor that is infinitely large has two ideal properties: (1) The fission rate density and, hence, the power are uniform throughout, and (2) the fuel density needed for criticality is minimum. A finite reactor loaded in this way would be subcritical and would have to contain additional fuel to compensate for neutron leakage to sustain criticality.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Nuclear Engineering
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Salimi, Behzad

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8623399
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70906

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Salimi, Behzad. Analysis of Infinite Domain Criticality Zones in Finite Reactors (Uniform Power, Minimum Fuel Density, Exact Solutions, Poles of Bromwich Integral, Reduction of Pde's). Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/70906