| A Californium-252 and Radium-Beryllium neutron source wereused in the Idaho State University’s AGN 201 nuclear reactor. The main objective of this thesis was to study the competing effects of Californium-252 as an independent source, a parasitic absorber,and a fissilematerial. Four experiments were conducted with Californium-252 and Radium-Beryllium neutron sources. A linear oscillator was usedin the glory hole, and the Californium-252 source was attached to thelinear oscillator which wasplaced in glory hole through the center of the reactor core. Performance Motion Device was used to control linear oscillator. A Fourier analysis was conducted with the obtained experimental data to see the different frequencies in different regions and peak of the oscillations. Lastly, a perturbation and transfer function analysis weredone to see the difference between the theoretical perturbation calculation and experimental results.Key Words:AGN-201, Subcritical Reactivity, Neutron Source, Californium -252, Radium-Beryllium, Perturbation Analysis, Linear Oscillation. |