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Neutron Chain Fission Reactors

Weston M. Stacey

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This chapter contains sections titled: Neutron Chain Fission Reactions Capture-to-Fission Ratio Number of Fission Neutrons per Neutron Absorbed in Fuel Neutron Utilization Fast Fission Resonance Escape Criticality Effective Multiplication Constant Effect of Fuel Lumping Leakage Reduction Time Dependence of a Neutron Fission Chain Assembly Prompt Fission Neutron Time Dependence Source Multiplication Effect of Delayed Neutrons Classification of Nuclear Reactors Physics Classification by Neutron Spectrum Engineering Classification by Coolant

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Key concepts: Fast fission, Fission, Long-lived fission product, Neutron, Delayed neutron, Xenon-135, Nuclear physics, Prompt neutron