4. Post-Chernobyl changes
4.1 Physics of the heart
After the Chernobyl accident, one of the first concerns of the Soviet managers of the RBMK program was to reduce the very positive void coefficient associated with the reactor design. Two approaches were possible:
decrease in graphite mass to place the operating point, in terms of reactivity, upstream of the reactivity maximum on the curve of reactivity versus moderation ratio. Under these conditions, a reduction in the...
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