Mediterranean Journal of Modeling and Simulation
Volume 3, Numéro 1, Pages 109-114
2015-03-30

Analytical Evaluation Of Criticality In Rz9 Reactor

Authors : Mohammed Cherif Khadidja . Seghour Abdeslam . Dehimi Fatima Zohra .

Abstract

The diffusion equation is widely used to estimate the reactor properties. In this work, this method is presented to evaluate the effective multiplication factor of neutrons in Oklo natural nuclear reactors. The results obtained by analysis of the geometric configurations as function of the reactor's dimensions, are compared with those obtained using the Monte Carlo simulation method for the same configurations of Oklo natural nuclear reactor.

Keywords

Diffusion equation; Oklo; Natural reactor; Monte Carlo.