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Change in nuclear fission rate caused by voids in a reactor
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
Void_coefficient
Investigations into the Chernobyl nuclear accident
time." The reactor had a dangerously large positive void coefficient of reactivity. The void coefficient is a measurement of how a reactor responds to increased
Investigations into the Chernobyl disaster
Investigations_into_the_Chernobyl_disaster
Type of Soviet nuclear power reactor
reactor design had several shortcomings, such as the large positive void coefficient, the 'positive scram effect' of the control rods and instability at
RBMK
Type of nuclear reactor
This property is called the void coefficient of reactivity, and in an RBMK reactor like Chernobyl, the void coefficient is positive, and fairly large
Pressurized_water_reactor
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
light-water reactor designs, the RBMK design had a positive void coefficient, meaning that voids formed during boiling had the effect of increasing rather
Chernobyl_disaster
Indian nuclear reactor design
with the mixed oxide fuel enables the reactor to achieve a negative void coefficient. The remaining 37 channels are occupied by the shutdown system. This
Advanced_heavy-water_reactor
Form of nuclear reactor failure
of a LOCA or of voids appearing in its coolant system (by water boiling, for example). This is measured by the coolant void coefficient. Most modern nuclear
Loss-of-coolant_accident
Measure of nuclear reactor fuel stability
physics Void coefficient Temperature coefficient "Doppler Broadening". Nuclear Power. Retrieved 27 February 2026. Fuel temperature coefficient of reactivity
Fuel temperature coefficient of reactivity
Fuel_temperature_coefficient_of_reactivity
Nuclear power safety method that does not require electrical power nor intervention
Nuclear reactor response properties such as Temperature coefficient of reactivity and Void coefficient of reactivity usually refer to the thermodynamic and
Passive_nuclear_safety
Substance that slows down particles with no electric charge
the moderator is also lost and the reaction will stop. This negative void coefficient is an important safety feature of these reactors. In CANDU the moderator
Neutron_moderator
Former Soviet inorganic chemist and member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1936–1988)
media some defects in the RBMK reactor design such as the positive void coefficient, as well as problems with operator training. Some details were censored
Valery_Legasov
Reactor accident due to core overheating
cooling is lost, but moderation continues. This is termed a positive void coefficient of reactivity. The RBMK tends towards dangerous power fluctuations
Nuclear_meltdown
Kinetic energy of an unbound neutron
can provide positive or negative feedback (a positive or negative void coefficient), depending on whether the reactor is under- or over-moderated. Intermediate-energy
Neutron_temperature
People involved in the nuclear accident
boiling in the reactor, and because of a combination of a positive void coefficient and xenon burnout, the power began to increase dramatically. At ~1:23:30 a
Individual involvement in the Chernobyl disaster
Individual_involvement_in_the_Chernobyl_disaster
Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Ukraine
2019. "RBMK Reactors | reactor bolshoy moshchnosty kanalny | Positive void coefficient – World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. Archived from
Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant
present. It was partially moderated with graphite, but had a negative void coefficient due to also using moderation from the coolant water, meaning it was
N-Reactor
Safety systems of boiling water reactors
pressurized water reactor, a boiling water reactor has a negative void coefficient, that is, the neutron (and the thermal) output of the reactor decreases
Boiling water reactor safety systems
Boiling_water_reactor_safety_systems
Soviet / Russian nuclear reactor type
and compensating for loss of cooling, a condition known as negative void coefficient. Later versions of the reactors are encased in massive steel reactor
VVER
Field of physics dealing with nuclear reactors
moderated by groundwater and, presumably, controlled by the negative void coefficient as the water boiled from the heat of the reaction. Uranium from the
Nuclear_reactor_physics
Nuclear reactor design
these comparatively low concerns. For example, the IFR's positive void coefficient could be reduced to an acceptable level by adding technetium to the
Integral_fast_reactor
Sustained nuclear fission achieved solely by prompt neutron emission
California, Berkeley in 1942. Subcritical reactor Thermal neutron Void coefficient "INSAG-7: The Chernobyl Accident: Updating of INSAG-1" (PDF). IAEA
Prompt_criticality
enriched uranium (<2% 235U). RBMK Hanford Engineer Works Hanford Site Void coefficient "Plutonium: The First 50 Years". FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Light_water_graphite_reactor
Graphite used as a reflector or moderator within a nuclear reactor
Instead, a massive power excursion (exacerbated by the high and positive void coefficient of the RBMK as it was designed and used at the time) during a mishandled
Nuclear_graphite
Type of nuclear reactor that uses normal water
and shut the reactor down. This capability is known as a negative void coefficient of reactivity. Currently offered LWRs include the following: ABWR AP1000
Light-water_reactor
Form of water
(being cooled with ordinary water instead) which produced the positive void coefficient that was one of a series of flaws in reactor design leading to the
Heavy_water
Nuclear reactor design
positive void coefficient of reactivity, the Argentina-designed CARA fuel bundles used in Atucha I, are capable of the preferred negative coefficient. While
Pressurized heavy-water reactor
Pressurized_heavy-water_reactor
Indian fast breeder nuclear reactor design
[clarification needed] The prototype fast breeder reactor has a negative void coefficient, thus ensuring a high level of passive nuclear safety. This means that
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
Prototype_Fast_Breeder_Reactor
2006. "RBMK Reactors | reactor bolshoy moshchnosty kanalny | Positive void coefficient". World-nuclear.org. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on
History_of_nuclear_power
Comparison between the Chernobyl disaster and Fukushima nuclear disaster
unsafe reactor design caused instability at low power due to a positive void coefficient and steam formation. When an improper test was conducted at 1:23 AM
Comparison of the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents
Comparison_of_the_Chernobyl_and_Fukushima_nuclear_accidents
Differential diffusion
suppression of voids formed at the boundary interface in various kinds of alloy-to-metal bonding. These are referred to as Kirkendall voids. The Kirkendall
Kirkendall_effect
Naturally occurring uranium self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions
however, the reaction slowed or stopped. The reactor thus had a negative void coefficient of reactivity, something employed as a safety mechanism in human-made
Natural nuclear fission reactor
Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor
Concept nuclear reactor whose water operates at supercritical pressure
fast SCWR needs a relatively complex reactor core to have a negative void coefficient. [clarification needed] However, single coolant flow pass core is feasible
Supercritical_water_reactor
Type of nuclear reactor, CO2 or He cooled
fuel but require online refueling to be viable power reactors. No void coefficient of reactivity as the coolant is a gas at room temperature and remains
Gas-cooled_reactor
Canadian heavy water nuclear reactor design
layout of the system. CANDU designs have a positive void coefficient, as well as a small power coefficient, normally considered bad in reactor design. This
CANDU_reactor
When one nuclear reaction causes more
example, power plants licensed in the United States require a negative void coefficient of reactivity: if coolant were to be removed from the reactor core
Nuclear_chain_reaction
Nuclear reactor where water boils in core
the fuel, and reactor power decreases. Thus the BWR has a negative void coefficient. Reactor pressure in a BWR is controlled by the main turbine or main
Boiling_water_reactor
Soviet politician and engineer (1898–1991)
2023-10-30. "RBMK Reactors | reactor Bolshoy Moshchnosty Kanalny | Positive void coefficient - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 2023-10-25
Efim_Slavsky
Power generated from nuclear reactions
prevented by natural feedback mechanisms, a concept known as negative void coefficient of reactivity. If the temperature or the amount of steam in the reactor
Nuclear_power
Series of boiling water nuclear reactor safety experiments
core could be stable, because the bubble formation creates a negative void coefficient. Subsequently, the reactor was used for power excursion tests which
BORAX_experiments
Retired research nuclear reactor
temporary cooling system, and some of them ruptured; the positive void coefficient of the reactor led to a further power increase. About 14 seconds later
NRX
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten sodium
could increase. Furthermore, a large-core SFR can have a positive void coefficient in the center of its core. However, other design features can be used
Sodium-cooled_fast_reactor
Parameter used to calculate the volume change of a fluid or solid in response to pressure
thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, the compressibility (also known as the coefficient of compressibility or, if the temperature is held constant, the isothermal
Compressibility
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by a gas
elements with low neutron capture cross sections to prevent positive void coefficient and induced radioactivity. The use of gas also removes the possibility
Gas-cooled_fast_reactor
Ability of soils to allow water to flow through its voids
of its porosity. The coefficient of permeability varies with the void ratio as e/sup>/(1+e). For a given soil, the greater the void ratio, the higher the
Permeability_of_soils
Ratio of void volume and total volume of a porous material
Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume
Porosity
Nuclear reactor where fast neutrons maintain a fission chain reaction
which affects thermal neutrons, does not work, nor does a negative void coefficient of the moderator. Both techniques are common in ordinary light-water
Fast-neutron_reactor
Type of nuclear reactor that uses molten material as fuel
void coefficient too many neutrons may be lost. Old proposed single fluid designs promising breeding performance tend to have an unsafe positive void
Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor
Fast-neutron nuclear reactor cooled by molten lead
lead-cooled fast reactors. Lead has a positive void coefficient, or void reactivity, meaning that as voids occur in the circulating coolant an increase
Lead-cooled_fast_reactor
Comparison of costs of different electricity generation sources
Retrieved 8 August 2019. MSRs have large negative temperature and void coefficients of reactivity, and are designed to shut down due to expansion of the
Cost_of_electricity_by_source
Cancelled fast breeder reactor in France
near-zero sodium void coefficient, historically fast reactors have shown the risk of positive reactivity feedback if sodium boils or voids form. This could
ASTRID_(reactor)
Roughly, the number of k-dimensional holes on a topological surface
homology group in this case is a vector space over Q. The universal coefficient theorem, in a very simple torsion-free case, shows that these definitions
Betti_number
Theory of soil consolidation and effective stress
Darcy's law is valid for all hydraulic gradients. The coefficient of permeability and the coefficient of volume compressibility remain constant throughout
Terzaghi's_principle
Mass per unit volume
void material with another while maintaining constant volume can be used to estimate the void fraction, if the difference in density of the two voids
Density
Classification of grainy soils based on the sizes of their grains
a soil can also be determined by calculating the coefficient of uniformity, Cu, and the coefficient of curvature, Cc, of the soil and comparing the calculated
Soil_gradation
Probability distribution
the probability mass function's binomial coefficient arises when considering the equivalent multiset coefficient ( ( r k ) ) {\displaystyle \textstyle \left(\
Negative binomial distribution
Negative_binomial_distribution
metallization (aluminum, copper). Voids form as result of vacancy migration driven by the hydrostatic stress gradient. Large voids may lead to open circuit or
Stress_migration
standard natural uranium fuel, with more negative temperature and void coefficients, enhancing overall safety. Development began in the mid-1980s by AECL
CANFLEX
Study of heat conduction between solid bodies
or liquid bodies in thermal contact. The thermal contact conductance coefficient, h c {\displaystyle h_{c}} , is a property indicating the thermal conductivity
Thermal_contact_conductance
center-to-center void spacing, d {\displaystyle d} is the grain size, D B {\displaystyle D_{B}} is the grain-boundary diffusion coefficient, δ B {\displaystyle
Damage_mechanics
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
photoelectric effect for hydrogen and X-rays, obtaining the absorption coefficient at the K-edge. His calculations accorded with observations of the X-ray
J._Robert_Oppenheimer
Process by which soils decrease in volume
material. The first phase consists of soil grains, and a combination of void (air) or other fluid (typically groundwater) comprise the second and third
Soil_consolidation
Used to count, measure, and label
Indian texts used a Sanskrit word Shunye or shunya to refer to the concept of void. In mathematics texts this word often refers to the number zero. In a similar
Number
with the coefficient of x n − 1 {\displaystyle x^{n-1}} and ending with the coefficient of x 0 {\displaystyle x^{0}} , a.k.a. the coefficient of 1. However
Computation of cyclic redundancy checks
Computation_of_cyclic_redundancy_checks
American full-size car
traveling at 101 mph (163 km/h). The ninth generation Impala has a drag coefficient of 0.33. Available trim levels at the time of introduction of the ninth
Chevrolet_Impala
Form of carbon
the highest sound velocity. It has low adhesion and friction, and its coefficient of thermal expansion is extremely low. Its optical transparency extends
Diamond
Technique in analytical chemistry
do the opposite. That is, the analytes may have different partition coefficients, leading to the separation of the analytes. The interaction between the
High-performance liquid chromatography
High-performance_liquid_chromatography
Interconnect between layers in HDI substrates and PCBs
hence decreases microvia fatigue life. As for voids, different voiding conditions, such as different void sizes, shapes, and locations result in different
Microvia
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten material
power generators.[citation needed] MSRs exploit a negative temperature coefficient of reactivity and a large allowable temperature rise to prevent criticality
Molten-salt_reactor
Medical condition
more often observed in areas with a specific ethnic background and high coefficients of inbreeding. They generate proteins with various degrees of enzymatic
5α-Reductase_2_deficiency
Polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links
provided improvements in flexural modulus (stiffness), reduction in coefficient of thermal expansion and better thermal stability. This technology was
Polyurethane
European football tournament
domestic league). The association ranking based on the UEFA association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
2021–22_UEFA_Champions_League
Motor vehicle
have been adopted throughout the industry. It had one of the lowest coefficient of drag (Cd) of any vehicle of the time (0.28 for the 200/200D model
Mercedes-Benz_W124
Legality of sexual relationships between family members
"Genetic And Quantitative Aspects Of Genealogy - Calculation Of The Coefficient Of Relationship". Genetic-genealogy.co.uk. "Kin Selection". Benjamin/Cummings
Legality_of_incest
Material made from a combination of two or more unlike substances
tooling material selection is normally based on, but not limited to, the coefficient of thermal expansion, expected number of cycles, end item tolerance,
Composite_material
Renal function test
middle-age population. The 2021 CKD-EPI formula does not include a race coefficient (see discussion below). The 2021 CKD-EPI equation is: e G F R = 142
Glomerular_filtration_rate
Sexual activity between close relatives
physical disability, and death; that risk is proportional to their parents' coefficient of relationship, a measure of how closely the parents are related genetically
Incest
Insulator in semiconductor devices
deposition. Integration difficulties include low mechanical strength, coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch and thermal stability. Some examples
Low-kappa_dielectric
Amount of water an aquifer releases while staying saturated
Interferometric synthetic-aperture radar. Storativity or the storage coefficient is the volume of water released from storage per unit decline in hydraulic
Specific_storage
Identity document of China
second-generation cards came into force; all first-generation cards became void and unusable. If used, first-generation cards are treated as expired ID cards
Resident_Identity_Card
Numerical calculations carrying along derivatives
dual numbers, constants are lifted to dual numbers with a zero epsilon coefficient, and the numeric primitives are lifted to operate on dual numbers. This
Automatic_differentiation
Wafer bonding process in semiconductor production
sufficiently clean, flat and smooth. Otherwise unbonded areas so called voids, i.e. interface bubbles, can occur. The procedural steps of the direct bonding
Direct_bonding
Four Unknowns, which contains an ancient method of arranging binomial coefficients in a triangle. 1356- Narayana Pandita completes his treatise Ganita Kaumudi
Timeline_of_mathematics
Chemical compound
specification. The average coefficient of permeability of the ASA mixture is 6–10 times higher than the asphalt mixture in the same air void level. The average
Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate
Acrylonitrile_styrene_acrylate
Affinity (Catholic canon law) Assortative mating Avunculate marriage Coefficient of relationship Consanguine marriage Cousin marriage in the Middle East
Legality of incest in the United States
Legality_of_incest_in_the_United_States
Sports car manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan
team. The team set a numerical target for the car to achieve a drag coefficient of Cd=0.28 or lower, combined with front and rear downforce, which was
Nissan_GT-R
Country in West Asia
International Monetary Fund. 14 April 2026. Retrieved 18 April 2026. "Gini Index coefficient". The World Factbook. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021.
Israel
Italian open-source hardware and software company
Jaume (2016-03-15). "Estimating the Underwater Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient with a Low-Cost Instrument: The KdUINO DIY Buoy". Sensors. 16 (3): 373
Arduino
terrestrial and marine processes. coastal bench See wave-cut platform. coefficient of localization A measure of the degree of localization or spatial concentration
Glossary of geography terms (A–M)
Glossary_of_geography_terms_(A–M)
1980 short story by Harry Mathews
uttered," Malinowski highlights two aspects that guided his approach: the "coefficient of strangeness," which he also calls the "element of nonsense," meaning
The translation of The Dialect of the Tribe in French
The_translation_of_The_Dialect_of_the_Tribe_in_French
Santos Laguna 2025–26 football season
between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points Notes: Teams ranked 7th to 10th will qualify for
2025–26_Santos_Laguna_season
Extension of the factorial function
binomial coefficients motivates why the properties of the gamma function when extended to negative numbers are natural. A binomial coefficient gives the
Gamma_function
Improved reduction for specific matrices
does not modify the original coefficient vectors, but must also keep track of the new coefficients. If the coefficient vectors may be modified, then
Tridiagonal_matrix_algorithm
Union of an uncle/aunt or their nephew/niece
inherited identical gene copies at 1/8 of all their loci, defined as a coefficient of inbreeding F = 0.125. It follows that for first cousin progeny, F
Avunculate_marriage
Distinction between nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio variables
differences, one cannot define measures that require some ratios, such as the coefficient of variation. More subtly, while one can define moments about the origin
Level_of_measurement
Common synthetic polymer
thicknesses and colors. As flat sheets, PVC is often expanded to create voids in the interior of the material, providing additional thickness without
Polyvinyl_chloride
Graphite-based composite for ultra-high temperature applications
at high temperatures, or where thermal shock resistance and/or a low coefficient of thermal expansion is needed. While it is less brittle than many other
Reinforced_carbon–carbon
Type of shift register in computing
in finite field arithmetic as a polynomial mod 2. This means that the coefficients of the polynomial must be 1s or 0s. This is called the feedback polynomial
Linear-feedback shift register
Linear-feedback_shift_register
Physical process
for vapor growth. Confined boiling typically has higher heat transfer coefficient but a lower CHF than pool boiling. CHF occurs when the vapor momentum
Boiling
Method of modelling contact between solids
worked on nonlinear buckling problems and realized that a highly compliant void material could transfer forces in a topology optimization setting. Bluhm
Third_medium_contact_method
Sporting competition
Zagreb (33) won by the green table The following data indicates Croatian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues. Croatia portal Croatian First
Croatian Handball Premier League
Croatian_Handball_Premier_League
VOID COEFFICIENT
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Girl/Female
Biblical
Vain, void, mountain of enjoyment.
Male
Slovene
Slovene form of Roman Latin Vitus, VID means "life."
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of Roman Latin Ovid, OFYDD means "sheep herder."
Boy/Male
Indian
Helper; Doctor; Medicine
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and French
English (of Norman origin) and French : occupational name for a maker of glass objects, Old French verrie(o)r (from verre, voir(r)e ‘glass’, Latin vitrum).
Boy/Male
Biblical
Void.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Blonde.
Biblical
made void; forsaken
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Rapha, RAFA means "feeble, flaccid, weak," i.e. "a shade" living in Hades, void of blood and animal life; therefore weak and languid like a sick person, but still able to think.Â
Boy/Male
Biblical
Made void, forsaken.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, German, Greek, Kurdish
Empty; Void
Boy/Male
Hebrew Latin
Worker.
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian, Slovak and Slovenian form of Hebrew David, DÃVID means "beloved."
Male
Czechoslovakian
, beloved.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Coward, perhaps a deliberate respelling by a bearer anxious to avoid association with the unrelated modern English word coward.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Void, empty.
Biblical
vain; void; mountain of enjoyment
Boy/Male
Australian, Hebrew, Latin, Portuguese
Worker; She; Woman; Sheep Herder
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Stopper; The One who Says to Avoid
Female
Slovene
Feminine form of Slovene Vid, VIDA means "life."Â Compare with masculine Vida.
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Boy/Male
English, Latin
Gentle; Mild; Giving Mercy; Diminutive of Clement
Girl/Female
Indian
Daughter of Daksha.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from a place near Edenfield named Dearden, from Old English dēor ‘beast’, ‘deer’ + denu ‘valley’.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Pashtun, Telugu, Ukrainian
Large; Very Tall; Decoration; Unknown; Brave Fighter
Boy/Male
Arabic
Servant of the capable.
Girl/Female
Tamil
One who attends ukzn and is tall
Female
Hebrew
(זַיִת) Hebrew unisex name ZAYIT means "olive."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Conqueror of Baka; Another Name for Bhima
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess Lakshmi, Goddess that gave money, Money wealth
Boy/Male
Muslim
Rare, Uncommon, Strange
VOID COEFFICIENT
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a.
Void of meaning.
imp. & p. p.
of Void
a.
To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
v. i.
To void excrement.
a.
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
v. i.
To void excrement.
a.
To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
a.
Void of understanding.
a.
To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
a.
To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
v. i.
To become void or vacant.
a.
Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.
n.
Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
a.
Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.
a.
To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
a.
Void of delight.
v. i.
To void excrement.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Void
a.
To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
v. i.
To void excrement.