Re-evaluation of the effective delayed neutron fraction measured by the substitution technique for a light water moderated low-enriched uranium core

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1120-1125

  Nakajima, Ken ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benchmark data; Calculations; Effective delayed neutron fraction; JENDL 3.2 library; Light water moderated low enriched UO2 core; Re evaluation; Substitution technique

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BUCKLING; NEUTRONS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); REACTOR CORES; URANIUM;

EFFECTIVE DELAYED NEUTRON FRACTION; SUBSTITUTION TECHNIQUES;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0035710943     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2001.9715145     Document Type: Article

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