In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 12 May 2005 10:36:06 -0700: Hi Jones, [snip] >In summary, the bottom line objective for a low-cost subcritical >reactor system distills down to a maximization of the neutron gain >in a *succession* of linked asymmetrical subsystems, but without >heightening the Keff of the main reactor, and keeping the >subsystems self-quenching. [snip] How do you ensure that neutrons go up the chain, but not back down again? IOW how do you ensure that a flood of neutrons from the last device in the chain, doesn't force the first device in the chain to go supercritical?
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