Reduction of Delayed-Neutron Contribution to Variance-to-Mean Raito by Application of Difference Filter Technique

The difference-filtering correlation analysis was applied to time-sequence neutron count data measured in a slightly subcritical assembly, where the Feynman-α analysis suffered from large contribution of delayed neutron to the variance-to-mean ratio of counts. The prompt-neutron decay constant infer...

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Published inJournal of nuclear science and technology Vol. 36; no. 7; p. 555
Main Authors HASHIMOTO, Kengo, MOURI, Tomoaki, OHTANI, Nobuo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.07.1999
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Summary:The difference-filtering correlation analysis was applied to time-sequence neutron count data measured in a slightly subcritical assembly, where the Feynman-α analysis suffered from large contribution of delayed neutron to the variance-to-mean ratio of counts. The prompt-neutron decay constant inferred from the present filtering analysis agreed very closely with that by pulsed neutron experiment, and no dependence on the gate-time range specified could be observed. The 1st-order was sufficient for the reduction of the delayed-neutron contribution. While the conventional method requires a choice of analysis formula appropriate to a gate-time range, the present method is applicable to a wide variety of gate-time ranges.
ISSN:0022-3131
1881-1248
DOI:10.3327/jnst.36.555