Continuous energy Monte Carlo calculations of randomly distributed spherical fuels in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors based on a statistical geometry model

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-109

  Murata, Isao ^a   Mori, Takamasa ^a   Nakagawa, Masayuki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS COOLED REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY;

RANDOM VECTOR SYNTHESIS METHOD; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED SPHERICAL FUELS; STATISTICAL GEOMETRY MODEL;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 0030151591     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE96-A24215     Document Type: Article

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