REACTOR OPERATING ON A SLOW WAVE OF NUCLEAR FISSION

摘要

A simplified system of equations is used to investigate the properties of autowaves of slow nuclear burn, which under certain circumstances can propagate in a medium containing ~(238)U (or ~(232)Th). It is shown that the reactor spectrum and the presence of other substances in the medium which determine the critical concentration of plutonium (or ~(233)U) affect the appearance of a wave.