Cross-Section Evaluations to 150 MeV for Accelerator-Driven Systems and Implementation in MCNPX

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 293-328

  Chadwick, M B ^a   Young, P G ^a   Chiba, S ^a,b   Frankle, S C ^a   Hale, G M ^a   Hughes, H G ^a   Koning, A J ^a,c   Little, R C ^a   MacFarlane, R E ^a   Prael, R E ^a   Waters, L S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR SHIELDING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXCITONS; GAMMA RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOISOTOPES; TARGETS;

FESHBACH-KERMAN-KOONIN PREEQUILIBRIUM MODEL; HAUSER-FESHBACH MODEL; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MCNPX;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0033095316     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nse98-48     Document Type: Article

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