Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 6 / Number 3 / September 1959 / Pages 229-232
Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25663
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The problem of designing a reactor with minimum total mass is posed. This problem is related to that of designing a reactor with minimum critical mass. For a simple class of thermal slab reactors, the known solution of the minimum critical mass problem enables a complete solution of the minimum total mass problem.