Benchmarking of the Los Alamos neutron production rate code SOURCES-3A

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Charlton, W S ^a   Perry, R T ^b   Wilson, W B ^b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide isotopes; Alpha reactions; Delayed neutrons; Neutron production; Spontaneous fission

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BORON; CARBON; FISSION REACTIONS; FLUORINE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; SILICON; TARGETS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE SOURCES;

NEUTRON SOURCES;

EID: 0032045234     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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