<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">OJAppS</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Open Journal of Applied Sciences</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2165-3917</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/ojapps.2017.72007</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">OJAppS-74518</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Biomedical&amp;Life Sciences</subject><subject> Chemistry&amp;Materials Science</subject><subject> Computer Science&amp;Communications</subject><subject> Engineering</subject><subject> Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Estimates of the Fast and Termal Flux in Blanket of Critical Reactors by Using Multi-Group Methods
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Aybaba</surname><given-names>Hançerlioğullari</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Aslı</surname><given-names>Kurnaz</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yosef</surname><given-names>G. Ali Madee</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ltfei</surname><given-names>A. Abdalsmd</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Salem</surname><given-names>A. A. Shufat</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Khaled</surname><given-names>M. Elhadad</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hand</surname><given-names>Hadia Almezogi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mansur</surname><given-names>Mohamed Ali Mansur</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>Engineering Faculty, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey</addr-line></aff><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>10</day><month>02</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>07</volume><issue>02</issue><fpage>68</fpage><lpage>81</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>June</day>	<month>28,</month>	<year>2016</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>Accepted:</day>	<month>February</month>	<year>25,</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>February</day>	<month>28,</month>	<year>2017</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  In this study, based differential equations methods are used to solve equations because these methods are dependent on boundary value data more than other mathematical equations. We have calculated neutron flux, criticality and geometrical eigenvalue by using multi-group method and solving the neutron diffusion equation for finite and infinite cylindrical and spherical reactors in this study. For the calculation of the total neutron flux cross sections, we need the neutron diffusion equation. Thus, we have established the relationship between neuron flow and cross-section of neuron depending on neutron energy. Critical calculations have been made by comparing the results with MNCP (montecarlo n-partical) simulation methods. For necessary computer calculations, the programme, Wolfram-Matematica-7 has been used.
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Critical Reactor</kwd><kwd> Neutron Diffusion Equation</kwd><kwd> Mcnp</kwd><kwd> Multi-Group Method</kwd><kwd> Simulation</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Bessel differential equations are used for the calculations of neutron flux (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x2.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) and criticality coefficient (K) and cylindrical geometric structure is taken into account as the reactor geometry. Nowadays, the procedure of obtaining electric energy from nuclear energy is supplied by light water or heavy water reactors. Precious fossil fuel energy sources which can be divided with thermal neutrons are used in these reactors. Thermal neutrons are important for the fission reactions. Thermal and delayed neutrons are important for the continuity of the nuclear reaction. During the occurring of these important reactions, the thermal power and the performance of the materials’ structural reactor change significantly.</p><p>The Bessel Equation is formulated as follows and this equation is a special case of Bessel’s Equation [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref1">1</xref>] :</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula859"><label>(1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x3.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In which n is an integer (n = 0, 1, 2, 3…), if we let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x4.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x5.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, after multiplication by r. Using these approaches, we can reach the balance equation. From our recent discussions, we recognize this as Bessel’s differential Equation. The geometric eigenvalue, shown by <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x6.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in this equation, is</p><p>given as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x7.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Leakages, taken into account also in the diffusion equa-</p><p>tion don’t allow neutron flux to be zero on the border [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref2">2</xref>] :</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula860"><label>(2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x8.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The solutions of this equation are called Bessel Functions of order n. Since Bessel’s differential equation is a second order ordinary differential equation, two sets of functions, the Bessel function of the first kind Y<sub>1</sub>=A J<sub>n</sub>(x)<sup>0</sup> and Y<sub>2</sub> = CY<sub>n</sub>(x) are the solutions to the above formulated equation: [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref1">1</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref6">6</xref>] .</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula861"><label>(3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x9.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Y<sub>1</sub> and Y<sub>2</sub> are respectively called as the functions of the Bessel function of the first kind and the Bessel function of the second kind [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref7">7</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref12">12</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Method</title><sec id="s2_1"><title>2.1. Reactor Geometry for Neutron Flux</title><p>We have calculated neutron flux, criticality and geometrical eigenvalue by using multi-group method and solving the neutron diffusion equation for finite and infinite cylindrical and spherical reactors in this study. The neutron distribution in the reactor can be explained in these ways. At any time, we can specify the neutron angular distribution as Ω by connected to a specified E energy, the number of neutrons in a unit volume [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref4">4</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref5">5</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref6">6</xref>] . We can write the expanded neutron diffusion equation in homogeneous reactors as. In the diffusion equation, D is used for diffusion coefficient and L stands for diffusion length and is used for the calculation of diffusion length with the help of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x10.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> where, a is absorbtion macroscopic cross section [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref13">13</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref14">14</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref15">15</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref16">16</xref>] .</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula862"><label>(4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x11.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>If p = 0, the reactor is plane; if p = 1, the reactor is cylinder and if p = 2, it can be thought that the core of the reactor is spherical. In case of critical reactor, considering that the number of neutrons will not be changed by the time, the Boltzmann diffusion equation turns to:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula863"><label>(5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x12.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In the equation, the first term <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x13.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> stands for leakage neutrons, the second term <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x14.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is for the absorption neutron and the last term S is for the neutron resources in the reactor core. The expression <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x15.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> gives the number of absorption in reactor core and the expression <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x16.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is in a unit time and volume.</p></sec><sec id="s2_2"><title>2.2. The Application of Modified Bessel for NDM</title><p>The Bessel function of the second kind of order can be expressed in terms of the Bessel function of the second kind also known as the Weber Function. As it is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref> by arrows, neutron flux must be finite everywhere the diffusion equation is applied. At <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref> is given for a reactor with an infinite R radius, the flux change is maximum when R = 0. The size of a reactor with the reflector installed can be much smaller than of a reactor with the same material but without the reflector. For critical reactor P is possibility of not leaking and expressed as following formula [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref5">5</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref6">6</xref>] (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>).</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula864"><label>(6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x17.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula></sec><sec id="s2_3"><title>2.3. The Flux Distribution in the Bare Infinite Cylinder</title><p>We can write Boltzmann equation for an infinite cylindrical core with the help of modified Bessel equation. In this equation, we can write diffusion Equation separately from an infinite cylindrical reactor core with a bare R radius .When we apply the expression Laplace in cylindrical coordination to diffusion equation,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula865"><label>(7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x18.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>it becomes:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula866"><label>(8)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x19.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>For the bare infinite cylindrical reactor, geometrical factor (buckling factor)</p><p>can be written as B<sup>2</sup> = (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>)<sup>2</sup>. The total power of the reactor is written as</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><fig id="fig1"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref></label><caption><title> The model in fast and termal fluxes in reactor reflector andcore</title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x22.png"/></fig></sec><sec id="s2_4"><title>2.4. The Flux Distribution in the Bare Finite Cylinder</title><p>For a finite cylindrical core with H height and R radius, the diffusion Equation becomes in geometrical eigenvalue:</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref2">2</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref4">4</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref6">6</xref>] (9)</p><p>Considering that the flux is zero in the expanded radius of the core, the function, Y<sub>2</sub>(Br), must be C = 0 because it is infinite when r = 0.</p><p>In this case the equation, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is the essential solution.</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is written as</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula867"><label>(10)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x26.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula></sec><sec id="s2_5"><title>2.5. The Flux Distribution in a Bare Spherical Reactor</title><p>If we express the flux distribution for the spherical reactor that we study on, the operator, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, can be expressed as it is written below. Hence, a diffusion equation for a spherical reactor is obtained as it’s written below with the help of the expression.</p><p>Changing a parameter in the solution of diffusion equation can be written</p><p>with the method of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> instead of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref2">2</xref>] .</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula868"><label>(11)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x30.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and written as ,by using the parameter changing method of diffusion equation and changing <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and by converting into a new Bessel function for a finite</p><p>cylindrical reactor core the solution becomes like that.<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Solution</p><p>of this differential equation,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula869"><label>(12)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x33.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Considering that the flux is never infinite in anywhere in the reactor, it must be <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> = 0. Therefore, when it is <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x35.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> = A, the last version of the flux distribution expression becomes <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x35.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x36.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and geometrical eigenvalue</p><p>factor becomes B<sup>2</sup> =<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p></sec></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. The Flux Distribution in HAM and MCNP</title><p>Homotopy analysis method, based on the homotopy term which is one of the basements of topology and differential geometry was stated by Shi Jun Liao in 1992 and since that, it has been applied in various areas of economics and engineering [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref17">17</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref19">19</xref>] . HAM is an analytical method providing mathematical, linear, nonlinear, partial differential and differential-integral solutions for the equations. This method can be applied in the boundary conditions of the problem handled in neutron diffusion Equations, this method includes an equation system like <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> j = 1, 2, 3. If an equation when the space boundary conditions of neutron diffusion equation are valid is written, the HAM equation is written as <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and becomes <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as N is operator</p><p>Considering that the N linear is the operator for the bare finite cylinder with HAM method, the Laplace expression changes as it is written below [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref20">20</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref21">21</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref22">22</xref>] .</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula870"><label>(13)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x41.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Considering<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, as a result of the basic HPM operator’s expansion in a series, it becomes</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula871"><label>(14)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x43.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>It forms an equation set in the upper series of p. when x=0, the expression <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is equal to A and finite.</p><p>Therefore, the solution of homotopy equation in terms of power series;</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula872"><label>(15)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x45.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>And the expression <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in limiting case;</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>or <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> (16)</p><p>for x, diffusion flux [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref19">19</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref20">20</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref21">21</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref22">22</xref>] .</p><p>This flux must be given in boundary conditions. The Laplace expression for a finite cylindrical flux with the homotopy method, Considering</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula873"><label>(17)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x49.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula874"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x50.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>the solution of diffusion flux distribution equation will be:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula875"><label>(18)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x51.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>with the method of Homotopy. Considering the partial differential solution, the expressions<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, respectively,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula876"><label>(19)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x53.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>As a result, the finite cylindrical flux distribution function can be:</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref18">18</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref19">19</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref20">20</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref21">21</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref22">22</xref>] . (20)</p><p>MCNP simulation is randomly number selection technique from one or more probabilistic distribution in a special trial or simulation study. The complexity in the nature of the industrial problems unfortunately makes analytical solution impossible diffusion problems. Monte-Carlo simulation method (MCNP) is randomly number selection technique from one or more probabilistic distribution in a special trial or simulation study. The method was then adopted easily for solution of much more complicated and non-statistical problems such as Integra-differential evaluation problems [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref19">19</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref20">20</xref>] . It is possible to calculate the multiple integrals on phase transitions by Monte Carlo method [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref8">8</xref>] . When the integral of an f(x) function between [a, b].It becomes:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula877"><label>(21)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x55.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In this case, its integral is calculated by multiplication of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> average value with (b-a). If the arithmetical average of the function on N points, chosen arbitrarily between [a, b] is calculated, it becomes</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula878"><label>(22)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x57.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Therefore, Monte Carlo reaches the integration:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula879"><label>(23)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x58.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>We can benefit from the analyses described in the programme for flux distribution with MCNP method. On the geometrical surface and cells of the reactor , we study on, the code requirement is stated with F<sub>1</sub>, F<sub>2</sub>, F<sub>4</sub>, F<sub>5</sub>, F<sub>6</sub>, F<sub>7</sub>, F<sub>8</sub>, *F<sub>1</sub>, *F<sub>2</sub>, *F<sub>3</sub>, *F<sub>4</sub>, *F<sub>5</sub> analysis [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref13">13</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref14">14</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref15">15</xref>] .</p><p>The above seven tally categories represent the basic MCNP tally types. To have many tallies of a given type, add multiples of 10 to the tally number. For example, F<sub>1</sub>, F<sub>11</sub>, F<sub>21</sub>, ・・・ , F<sub>981</sub>, F<sub>991</sub> are all type F<sub>1</sub> tallies</p><p>The quantities actually scored in MCNP before the final normalization per starting particle are presented in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref>. Note that adding an (*F<sub>n</sub>) changes the units and multiples the tally as indicated in the last column of <xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref>. The F<sub>1</sub> surface current tally estimates the following quantity:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula880"><label>(24)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x59.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><table-wrap id="table1" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref></label><caption><title> Flux distribution with MCNP method</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >Symbols</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >F<sub>n</sub> Quantitiy</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >Description</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >Units</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >F<sub>1</sub></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >W</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Surface current</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >MeV</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >F<sub>2</sub></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Surface flux</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >MeV/cm<sup>2 </sup></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >F<sub>4</sub></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Surface flux</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >MeV/cm<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >F<sub>5</sub></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Flux at a point or ring detector</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >MeV/cm<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >F<sub>6</sub></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x63.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Track length estimate of energy deposition</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >MeV/gm</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >F<sub>7</sub></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Track length estimate of fission energy deposition</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >MeV/gm</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >F<sub>8</sub></td><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>put in bin <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >Pulse height tally</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >MeV</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>This tally is the number of particles (quantity of energy for *F<sub>1</sub> crossing a surface. The scalar current is related to the flux as</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>The range of integration over area, energy, time, aand angle <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> can be controlled by F<sub>S</sub>, E, T, and C cards, respectively. The F<sub>T</sub> card can be used to change the vector relative to which <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is calculated (FRV option) or to segregate electron current tallies by charge</p><p>The F<sub>2</sub>, F<sub>4</sub> and F<sub>5</sub> flux tallies are estimates:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula881"><label>(25)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x70.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Track Lenth Estimate of Cell Flux (F<sub>4</sub>)</title><p>The definition of particle flux is<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> = particle velocity, N = particle density = particle weight/unit volume. Roughly speaking, the time integrated flux:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula882"><label>(26)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x73.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>More precisely, let ds = vdt. Then the time integrated flux:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula883"><label>(27)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x74.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Beacuse <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x75.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a track length density, MCNP estimates this integral by summing <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x75.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for all particle tracks in the cell, time range and energy range. Because of the track length term <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x75.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in the numerator, this tally is known as a track length estimate of the flux. It is generally quite reliable because there are frequently many tracks in a cell (compared to the number of collisions), leading to many contributions to this tally.</p></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Surface Flux (F<sub>2</sub>)</title><p>The surface flux is a surface estimator but can be thought of as the limiting case of the cell flux or track length estimator when the cell becomes [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref10">10</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref11">11</xref>] .</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula884"><label>(28)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x78.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>As the cell thickness <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> approaches zero, the volume approaches <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and the track length approaches<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the angle between the surface normal and the particle trajectory. This definition of flux also follows directly from the relation between flux and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.74518-formula885"><label>(29)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x83.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>MCNP sets<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>..</p><p>The F<sub>2</sub> tally is essential for stochastic calculation of surface areas when the normal analytic procedure fails. Surface areas when the normal analytic procedure fails [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref20">20</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref21">21</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>6. Calculations</title><p>We have calculated a specific <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> for the flux distribution expression written below that we obtained for spherical reactors, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>which stands for the r val-</p><p>ues for each different expansion values of r =<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We have obtained the re-</p><p>sults in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref> by calculating neutron flux manually for different r values in this formula. As we stated before, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>(expansion radius) is the distance where neutron flux is zero out of the reactor. We can see that in case of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is zero. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is the flux in the reactor center, namely is the maximum flux when r = 0.</p><p>In <xref ref-type="table" rid="table3">Table 3</xref> microscopic influence lines of some of the materials which are used as fuel in fission reactor has shown.</p><table-wrap id="table2" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref></label><caption><title> The flux distribution in a spherical reactor (Re = 5 m)</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >R (m)</th><th align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x92.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>m<sup>3</sup>/s</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.936 <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >2</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.757</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >3</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.505</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >4</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.234</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.000</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >6</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.156</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >7</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.216</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >8</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.189</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >9</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.104</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >10</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.000</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><table-wrap id="table3" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table3">Table 3</xref></label><caption><title> Thermal neutron microscopic influence lines of the fuel materials [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref6">6</xref>] </title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >Fuel Material</th><th align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></th><th align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></th><th align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></th><th align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >Natural uranium</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >714</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >3.2</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >4.2</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >8.3</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >683</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >101</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >582</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >10</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1012</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >270</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >742</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >9.6</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >579</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >48</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >531</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >-</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.75</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.75</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >-</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >8.3</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>In <xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref> shows the flux distribution depending on the distance and theneutronic data of flux distribution for a homogeneous spherical core in case of R.</p><p>Connections which are obtained from the result of neutron diffusion equations and their boundary-value conditions obtained by using modify Bessel equations are shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table4">Table 4</xref> in detail. In <xref ref-type="table" rid="table4">Table 4</xref> maximum flux ratio on average flux, geometric buckling (B<sup>2</sup>) and flux distribution equations of some reactor geometries are shown. Similarly the datum given for the expansion radius for the same spherical reactor in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table5">Table 5</xref> and the flux distribution is given in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref> after obtained by using Matematica-7 programme. Similarly, in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table6">Table 6</xref> the flux distribution in a finite cylindrical reactor for R = 2.405 and H = 4.81 is given in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref>.</p><table-wrap id="table4" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table4">Table 4</xref></label><caption><title> NEM and MCNP calculated flux values for the infinite bare cylinder (R = 2.405 m)</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >r/R</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >Modified Bessel (NDM)</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >MCNP</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.000000</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.000000</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.1</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.908456</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.945652</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.2</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.896895</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.816547</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.3</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.812834</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.752649</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.4</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.746532</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.706494</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.684865</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.65181</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.6</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.513484</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.551561</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.7</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.435479</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.406465</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.8</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.201525</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.254468</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.102499</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.113644</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.000000</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.000249</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><table-wrap id="table5" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table5">Table 5</xref></label><caption><title> The flux distribution in a spherical reactor for Re = 2 m</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >R (m)</th><th align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.25</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.975</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.50</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.900</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.75</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.758</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.637</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.25</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.470</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.50</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.300</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.75</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.139</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.25</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.108</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.50</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−1.800</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.75</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.214</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >3.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.213</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><fig id="fig2"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref></label><caption><title> The flux distribution in a spherical reactor for Re = 2 m</title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x103.png"/></fig><fig id="fig3"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref></label><caption><title> The flux in infinite cylindrical reactor for R = 2 m and R = 2.405 m (H = 4.81 m)</title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x104.png"/></fig><table-wrap id="table6" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table6">Table 6</xref></label><caption><title> Flux distributions in a finite bare and in an infinite bare reactor</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >r</th><th align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x105.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>(r) (Finite Flux) (R = 2.405 m)</th><th align="center" valign="middle" ><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>(r) (Infinite Flux) (R = 2 m)</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.000</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.000</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.873</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.900</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.555</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.637</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.142</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.300</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.117</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.000</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.163</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−1.100</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >3.0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.043</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.213</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >3.5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >8.217</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.128</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >4.0</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >25.02</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.000</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref> is show that flux distribution in a spherical the reactor for radius R = 2 m. It appears to be greater in a small radius of the neutron flux. In <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref>, core flux distribution are shown for the radius R = 2 and R = 2.405 in finite and the infinite cylindrical. By using a modified Bessel function for infinite cylindrical reactor R = 2 m of the radius 0, 1, 2 state of flux distributions is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref>. In both of the graphics, a view where neutron flux decreases from the center of reactor till the expansion radius is drawn and takes the value 0. After this point, it is seen that it takes negative values. One of the boundary conditions for reactors shows that the neutron flux can never be zero where the diffusion equation is applied. Actually we cannot say that these negative results are in contradiction with this boundary condition.</p><p>Because we applied the diffusion equation till the point from r = 0 to r = Re. We should analyze the results we found in spherical reactors for neutron flux in order to be able to compare. In the solution of diffusion equation in cylindrical reactors, a different way is used than we used for the solution of diffusion equation in spherical reactors (see in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table7">Table 7</xref>).</p><fig id="fig4"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref></label><caption><title> The flux distribution in a finite cylindrical reactor for R = 2 m</title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x107.png"/></fig><fig id="fig5"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">Figure 5</xref></label><caption><title> The flux distribution in case of n = 0, 1, 2 for an infinite cylindrical reactor</title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x108.png"/></fig><table-wrap id="table7" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table7">Table 7</xref></label><caption><title> Flux distributions finite and infinite height 2H flux distributions for cylinder radius R finite</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >Data number</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >R (m)</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >H (m)</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >Finite Flux</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >Infinite Flux</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >1</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.25</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.25</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.19473</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.19473</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >2</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.50</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.50</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.33739</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.33739</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >3</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.50</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.38113</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.38113</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >4</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.50</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.40421</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.40421</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.50</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >4.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.41356</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.41356</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >6</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.53775</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.53775</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >7</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.58683</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.58683</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >8</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >4.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.60845</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.60845</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >9</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.66619</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.66619</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >10</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.78462</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.78462</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >11</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >4.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.73978</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.73978</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >12</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >4.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.00</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.73978</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.73978</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>In <xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref> we can see the geometric eigenvalue flux distribution expressions found for finite cylindrical and infinite cylindrical reactors. We have chosen the flux distribution obtained for a finite cylindrical reactor to compare. Because the spherical reactor that we study on is handled as a finite system. As it is seen from the graphic, there is no sinusoidal change in the flux distribution obtained for cylindrical reactors. We can say that it draws a picture where the flux decreases till a specific distance from the maximum flux and after reaching the zero it increases. We can also say that the flux in spherical flux takes negative values as much as the twice of the expansion radius after decreasing till the expansion radius from maximum flux.</p></sec><sec id="s7"><title>7. Conclusion and Discussion</title><p>Nuclear reactors are the complex machine-equipment systems constructed through the use of advanced engineering technologies. Fission-type reactors are devices developed to generate energy at a stable power by taking the chain reaction under control [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref15">15</xref>] . Bessel differential equations are second order ordinary differential equations and they offer solutions in the cylindrical, spherical and polar coordinates easily and also required physical parameters in the reactor can easily be obtained through the use of Bessel differential equations [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref8">8</xref>] . Neutron flux (<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/5-2310645x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>) in the reactor changes according to the geometry of the reactor. Three of the geometries in the field have a smallest critical size and the cube is the largest [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref8">8</xref>] . Spherical geometry is very difficult to build. For this reason, most of the reactors are constructed in the shape of a cylinder. The size of the reactor must be greater than the minimum critical size to allow for combustion of fuel and accumulation of fission products that are absorbing neutrons for an infinite reactor which can be defined k∞ = ε η fp, as well as, define k<sub>eff</sub> for a finite reactor with leakage terms. At this here, k<sub>eff</sub>; reactor critical coefficient, B; buckling coefficient, L<sub>s</sub>; fast neutron moderation length, L; diffusion length and P<sub>f</sub><sub> </sub>; reactor shape factors and P<sub>t</sub>; reactor size factors. In the cylindrical reactor case, for height and radius, the following is given [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.74518-ref15">15</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s8"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>Han&#231;erlioğullari, A., Kurnaz, A., Madee, Y.G.A., Abdalsmd, L.A., Shufat, S.A.A., Elhadad, K.M., Almezogi, H.H. and Mansur, M.M.A. (2017) Estimates of the Fast and Termal Flux in Blanket of Critical Reactors by Using Multi-Group Methods. 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