Applications of Monte Carlo simulations of thermalization processes to the nondestructive assay of graphite

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-177

  Difilippo, Felix C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); GRAPHITE; KINETIC THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DECAY CONSTANT; NONDESTRUCTIVE ASSAY; THERMALIZATION;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0033204078     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE99-2     Document Type: Article

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