Moderator temperature coefficient of reactivity in pressurized water reactors: Theoretical investigation and numerical simulations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-345

  Antonopoulos Domis, M ^a   Housiadas, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; NEUTRONS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR);

FUEL CYCLE; MODERATOR TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT (MTC); NOISE ANALYSIS;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0032690999     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE99-A2068     Document Type: Article

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