Calculation of the Dancoff factor for pebble bed reactors

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 304-307

  Valko, J ^a   Tsvetkov, P V ^a,b   Hoogenboom, J E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR CORES;

DANCOFF FACTOR; PEBBLE BED REACTORS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS;

EID: 0033723181     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE00-A2143     Document Type: Article

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