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Simulation of the wave neutron-nuclear burning of Th232 enriched with Pu239 for the thermal range of neutron energy

At the initial stage, the development of wave reactors, which will operate in the mode of wave nuclear burning (WNC), requires the study of the kinetics of the WNC fuel mode when changing both external parameters (flux density of an external neutron source, thermal parameters of heat transfer) and internal parameters (fuel composition, reactor material parameter, delayed neutrons). In order to confirm the possibility of WNC with enrichment, we study its impact on the criterion of WNC for thorium fuel Th232 at different enrichments in Pu239) and its behavior during the "ignition" stage. To confirm the fulfillment of the criterion of slow WNC depending on the neutron energy, we perform a numerical simulation of the thorium fuel WNC mode dynamics, taking into account the delayed neutrons in the thermal and epithermal regions of the neutron energies (0.015-10 eV).