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last update September 17, 2004
For those who have received the NUKEFACTS letter by mail over the past two years plus, it will be a while before we catch up by getting those issues on this website. However, there have been new developments with The Reactor Trainer which will be presented from time to time. For all others, you are in for a real surprise, and perhaps a shock or two. Examples of topics to be featured include:
  1. Beta is NOT the delayed neutron (population) fraction. (8/28/96)
  2. Non-fission neutrons are NOT the principal neutron source. (4/2/96)
  3. Source multiplication is NOT limited to the subcritical reactor. (2/28/97)
  4. Chain reactions are NOT self-sustaining at criticality. (2/28/97)
  5. Reactivity does NOT determine the direction of power change. (2/28/97)
  6. The Reactor Rate Diagram. (3/2/97)
  7. Future Essays and Coming Attractions. (3/16/97)
  8. Determining Reactor Rate from the Reactor Rate Diagram. (3/16/97)
  9. Again: Two Contributors to Reactor Rate. (3/16/97)
  10. Upgrade While Downsizing - Using Standardized Excellence. (4/3/97)
  11. More Reactor Rate Examples ... Using The Reactor Rate Diagram. (4/3/97)
  12. Reactor Rate Behavior With Time During Reactivity Ramp. (4/3/97)
  13. Erroneous Questions And/Or Answers In Test Banks - I. (4/3/97)
  14. Erroneous Questions And/Or Answers In Test Banks - II. (4/3/97)
  15. The Personal Computer - A Powerful Educational Tool. (4/8/97)
  16. Technology-Delivered Instruction and the Quality of Training. (4/8/97)
  17. Real Time Demonstration Energizes ClassRoom Learning. (4/8/97)
  18. The Reactor Rate Diagram for the Sub-Critical Region. (4/8/97)
  19. Hands-On Learning Can Double Learning Effectiveness! (4/8/97)
  20. The General Reactor Rate Diagram. (4/8/97)
  21. The Reactor Rate Diagram in the Power Range. (4/16/97)
  22. How A Nuclear Reactor Works. (4/16/97)
  23. Chernobyl: Ominous Activity Along the Pripyat ??? (4/16/97)
  24. The Paradox in Expressing Nuclear Status: Delta-k versus Rho. (4/16/97)
  25. Two Many Parameters for Defining Nuclear Status. (4/16/97)
  26. Power Doubling in Reactor Startup. (6/25/97)
  27. Prompt Jump is NOT Reactor Rate Response. (7/4/97)
  28. The Minimum Possible Startup Power Level at Rho = 0. (7/15/97)
  29. The 1300% Error in Reactor Startup Rate. (7/26/97)
  30. The Lambda Effective Diagram. (8/20/97)
  31. The Many Models of Reactor Behavior. (12/7/97)
  32. Power Reversal in the Delayed-Critical Region. (9/10/98)
  33. The Anatomy of Reactor Scram. (10/15/98)
  34. Inverse Multiplication and Fuel Loading: Part I - Fundamentals (11/27/98)
  35. Inverse Multiplication and Fuel Loading: Part II - Application (5/25/01)
  36. INPO Generic Fundamentals Catalog: Erroneous Test Items - Neutrons (6/3/99)
  37. INPO Catalog: Erroneous Test Items - Neutron Life Cycle (6/16/99)
  38. INPO Catalog: Erroneous Test Items - Reactor Kinetics and Neutron Sources (7/13/99)
  39. INPO Catalog: Erroneous Test Items - Reactivity Coefficients (7/26/99)
  40. INPO Catalog: Erroneous Test Items - Control Rods (8/14/99)
  41. INPO Catalog: Erroneous Test Items - Fission Product Poisons (10/23/99)
  42. INPO Catalog: Erroneous Test Items - Fuel Depletion and Burnable Poisons (11/26/99)
  43. INPO Catalog: Erroneous Test Items - Reactor Operational Physics (2/22/00)
  44. Chernobyl Flooding (7/23/00)
  45. NRC Rule Change Reactivity Management (9/9/00)
  46. Wholesale Technical Error in Reactor Theory Training (9/25/00)
  47. The Neutron Lifecycle Model - a Blessing and a Curse (2/16/01)
  48. A Non-Fission Neutron Source Has No Reactivity Worth (3/6/01)
  49. NRC GFE Question Bank - BWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Neutrons (3/13/01)
  50. NRC Question Bank - BWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Neutron Life Cycle (4/02/01)]
  51. NRC Question Bank - BWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Reactor Kinetics (3/16/01)
  52. NRC Question Bank - BWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Reactivity Coefficients (3/23/01)
  53. NRC Question Bank - BWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Control Rods (3/25/01)
  54. NRC Question Bank - BWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Fission Product Poison(3/25/01)
  55. NRC Question Bank - BWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Fuel Depletion (3/30/01)
  56. NRC Question Bank - BWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Operational Physics (3/30/01)
  57. NRC GFE Question Bank - PWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Neutrons (4/02/01)
  58. NRC Question Bank - PWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Neutron Life Cycle (4/02/01)
  59. NRC Question Bank - PWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Reactor Kinetics (4/05/01)
  60. NRC Question Bank - PWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Reactivity Coefficients (4/05/01)
  61. NRC Question Bank - PWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Control Rods (4/05/01)
  62. NRC Question Bank - PWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Fission Product Poison(4/05/01)
  63. NRC Question Bank - PWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Fuel Depletion (4/05/01)
  64. NRC Question Bank - PWR: Erroneous Exam Questions - Operational Physics (4/05/01)
  65. The DOE Fundamentals Handbook: Nuclear Physics and Reactor Theory Error (7/04/01)
  66. Sixty-Four Reasons why NRC Reactor Theory is Fallacy (11/01/01)
  67. Prompt Criticality: a concept with false credentials (12/13/02)
  68. The Balance Equations Deliver Unique Insights about Reactor Behavior (5/29/04)
  69. The Neutron Balance Equation One of Two Equations Essential for Defining Reactor Behavior (8/07/04)
  70. The Precursor Balance Equation The second of Two Equations Essential for Defining Reactor Behavior. (8/17/04)
  71. The General Equation for Reactor Power Valid for k-effective values greater than prompt criticality. (9/01/04)
  72. The General Equation for Precursor Inventory Valid for k-effective values greater than prompt criticality. (9/17/04)
Please submit any comments, or questions, on the topics presented to R.G. Stater by e-mail.

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