Traveling Wave Reactor and Condition of Existence of Nuclear Burning Soliton-Like Wave in Neutron-Multiplying Media

Vitaliy D. Rusov, Elena P. Linnik, Arevalo Victor, Tatiana N. Zelentsova, Igor V. Sharph, Vladimir N. Vaschenko, Sergey I. Kosenko, Margarita E. Beglaryan, Sergey A. Chernezhenko, Pavel A. Molchinikolov, Sergey I. Saulenko and Olga A. Byegunova
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Vitaliy D. Rusov: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Elena P. Linnik: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Tatiana N. Zelentsova: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Igor V. Sharph: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Vladimir N. Vaschenko: State Ecological Academy for Postgraduate Education and Management, Uritskogo Str. 35, Kyiv 03035, Ukraine
Sergey I. Kosenko: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Margarita E. Beglaryan: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Sergey A. Chernezhenko: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Pavel A. Molchinikolov: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Sergey I. Saulenko: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine
Olga A. Byegunova: Odessa National Polytechnic University, Shevchenko Av. 1, Odessa 65044, Ukraine

Energies, 2011, vol. 4, issue 9, 1-25

Abstract: Physical fundamentals of traveling wave reactor are considered. We show that the condition of existence of nuclear burning soliton-like wave in a neutron-multiplying medium is determined in general by two conditions. The first condition (necessary) is determined by relationship between the equilibrium concentration and critical concentration of active (fissionable) isotope that is a consequence of the Bohr–Sommerfeld quantization condition. The second condition (sufficient) is set by the so-called Wigner quantum statistics, or more accurately, by a statistics of the Gaussian simplectic ensembles with respect to the parameter that describes the squared width of burning wave front of nuclear fuel active component.

Keywords: traveling wave reactor; nuclear burning wave; nuclear fuel; neutron concentration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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