An 8-group delayed neutron model based on a consistent set of half-lives

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 1-4 SPEC ISS, 2002, Pages 223-251

  Spriggs, Gregory D ^a,b   Campbell, Joann M ^a,b   Piksaikin, Vladimir M ^a,b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND POWER ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; ISOTOPES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NEUTRONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR);

DELAYED NEUTRON MODEL;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 0036379955     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(02)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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