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The Void Coefficient (16)

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Good morning/evening or where ever you are: )))) Glad to be back after a messy smth… Presenting The Void Coefficient as an attitude podcast: ) PLEASE FEEDBACK ONTO HERE : Psyholirik@yandex.ru Dj_Psyholirik@hotmail.com  Yours Mr. Retalin: ) In nuclear engineering, the void coefficient (more properly called "void coefficient of reactivity") is a number that can be used to estimate how much the reactivity of a nuclear reactor changes as voids (typically steam bubbles) form in the reactor moderator or coolant. Reactivity, in the nuclear engineering sense (not to be confused with chemical reactivity), measures the degree of change in neutron multiplication in a reactor core. Reactivity is directly related to the tendency of the reactor core to change power level: if reactivity is positive, the core power tends to increase; if it is negative, the core power tends to decrease; if it is zero, the core power tends to remain stable. The reactivity of