Geometric and Material Buckling

Geometric And Material Buckling

In a nuclear reactor, criticality is achieved when the rate of neutron leakage. Geometric buckling is a measure of neutron leakage, while material buckling is a measure of neutron production minus absorption. Thus, in the simplest case of a bare, homogeneous, steady state reactor, the geometric and material buckling must be equal.

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