SOME NOTES ON THE THEORY OF THERMAL-NEUTRON REACTORS
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Equations for the asymptotic steady-state distribution of neutrons in homogeneous and lattice-type reactors are derived without making any assumptions about the mechanism of diffusion, except the obviously necessary one that the probability for a neutron which is born at one given point to be captured at a second given point is a function only of the distance between these two points. The equations are seen to be of a form that admits of exponential solutions, these are written down, and equations for the Laplacians are derived. A clear-cut definition of the migration area of a lattice reactor is given, and it is pointed out that in a reactor of this type there is no unique value of the Laplacian but rather a range of values.
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