Validation of MCNP for RBMK criticality calculations

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Behrens, Dietmar ^a,d,e   Meyer, Sebastian ^a,f   Von Ehrenstein, Dieter ^a,g   Donderer, Richard ^a,b,e   Schumacher, Otfried ^a,b,e   Davydova, Galina ^c,h   Krayushkin, Alexander ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Kollert and Donderer   (Germany)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e University of Bremen ^*

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Criticality void effect calculations; MCNP validation; RBMK type reactor core

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DIFFUSION; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR STARTUP; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GRAPHITE MODERATOR; NONFUEL CHANNELS; RBMK REACTOR CORE;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION);

EID: 0030125687     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT96-A35219     Document Type: Article

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