Abstract:
MCNP5 was used to simulate the ex-core source range detector(SRD) response to the primary source(PNS) at the stage of reactor start-up experiment. The relationship among
keff,
ks and the detector counts
C has been analyzed. Through the prediction of SRD response factor a, traditional criticality extrapolation method 1/
C is optimized by a’/
C in order to obtain a more linear extrapolated curve in the boron dilution process. The result shows that a’/
C gives a better match with 1-
keff as soon as the core approaches to critical.