Reactor Kinetics describes the time-dependent behavior of a nuclear reactor without feedback. Reactor Kinetics, transients, and startups operate on small timescales. The number of neutrons in the system can be described by the following equation
$$n=\frac{1}{v}\phi$$
Where \(\phi\) is the neutron flux, and \(v\) is the velocity. The eigenvalue of the system is the ratio between the time it takes neutrons to be removed from the system and the time it takes them to be generated
$$\frac{l}{\Lambda}$$
[[Timescales for Nuclear Reactors]] – kinetics use short timescales
[[Mean Neutron Generation Rate]]
[[Mean Neutron Generation Time]] – inverse of Mean Neutron Generation Rate ($\Lambda$)
[[Mean Neutron Lifetime]] – L
[[Nuclear Reactor Reactivity]]
[[Damaging Nuclear Reactor Transients]]
[[Operator Notation]] – makes the math easier
[[Point Reactor Kinetics Model]] – model of point kinetics of a reactor
[[Boiling Water Reactors]] – aim to obtain a 1:1 spatial coupling between reactor kinetics and the fluid equations
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