Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 6 / Number 2 / August 1959 / Pages 135-139
Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25643
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The reactivity worth of cylindrical control rods of small cross section inserted in a cylindrical reactor is evaluated by means of a variational method. Both one-group and two-group diffusion theory are used and simple formulae are developed for a single eccentric and a concentric array of control rods. The results obtained are illustrated by means of a numerical example and compared to the results derived from other methods available in the literature.