The Influence of Resonance Scattering to the Doppler Reactivity Coefficient
Abstract
The paper presents the results of an evaluation of the effect of scattering on resonances in calculating the Doppler reactivity coefficient using the data preparation algorithms implemented in the GRUCON processing program. A comparison of the free-gas model with the resonance scattering model and published results of calculations performed using other methods of data preparation is presented. On the benchmark of Mosteller for light water grids with various fuel compositions it was shown that taking into account resonances in the differential cross sections of elastic scattering of uranium-238 leads to a shift of the Doppler reactivity coefficient by ~ 10% towards negative values, thereby increasing the negative feedback with the temperature of the fuel.
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