Proposal for benchmarking 235U nuclear data

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-69

  Dos Santos, A ^a   Fuga, R ^a   Jerez, R ^a   Abe, A Y ^b   Filho, E A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; IRON; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; URANIUM;

ISOTHERMAL REACTIVITY COEFFICIENT; THERMAL REACTORS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035157147     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nse01-a2175     Document Type: Article

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