{"id":15660,"date":"2017-10-19T17:39:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T17:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sitepourvtc.com\/?page_id=15660"},"modified":"2022-11-01T08:21:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T08:21:20","slug":"power-distribution-conventional-reactors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sitepourvtc.com\/nuclear-power\/reactor-physics\/neutron-diffusion-theory\/power-distribution-conventional-reactors\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Distribution in Conventional Reactors"},"content":{"rendered":"
It should be noted the flux shape derived from the diffusion theory<\/a> is only a hypothetical case in a uniform homogeneous <\/strong>cylindrical reactor at low power levels (at \u201czero power criticality<\/strong>\u201d). We have implicitly assumed that the core consisting of thousands of fuel and control elements, coolant, and structure can be represented by some effective homogeneous mixture. This is a very strong assumption<\/strong>\u00a0because it does not take into account the heterogeneity of a core.<\/p>\n See also: Diffusion Equation \u2013 Finite Cylindrical Reactor<\/a>.<\/p>\n