Subcriticality measurements using an epithermal Pulsed-Neutron-Source technique in pebble-bed HTR configurations

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 25, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 285-294

  Rosselet, Marc ^a   Williams, Tony ^b   Chawla, Rakesh ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRAPHITE; NEUTRON SOURCES; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR);

CORRECTION FACTORS; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; PULSED NEUTRON SOURCE (PNS) TECHNIQUE; SUBCRITICALITY MEASUREMENT;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION);

EID: 0032025266     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(97)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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