MODELING OF THE ECCENTRIC CONTROL ROD IN NIGERIA RESEARCH REACTOR (NIRR-1) USING WIMS AND CITATION CODES
MODELING OF THE ECCENTRIC CONTROL ROD IN NIGERIA RESEARCH REACTOR (NIRR-1) USING WIMS AND CITATION CODES
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2018-07
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ADAM, Musa
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In many reactors, there are both control rods and shutdown or safety rods with the latter specifically designed for rapid shutdown of the chain reaction. But Nigeria Research Reactor 1 (NIRR-1), which is a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) has only one control rod which serves the purpose of both reactivity control and shutdown of the reactor. This work present a modeling of the eccentric control rod (ECR), which will be an important safety measure in the MNSR and will provide another alternative way to shutdown the reactor in an emergency. The codes WIMS and CITATION were used to model the ECR within the annular beryllium reflector with cadmium as an absorber material. The following reactor core physics parameters were determined: thickness of the ECR 1.25cm, optimum location of the ECR 14.5cm, rod worth of the ECR 6.11mk, shutdown margin of the ECR 1.61mk and safety reactivity factor of the ECR 1.36. The results indicate that an additional safety rod can be used to enhance safety of the MNSR.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATESTUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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MODELING,, ECCENTRIC CONTROL ROD,, NIGERIA RESEARCH REACTOR,, USING WIMS,, CITATION CODES