The physics of subcritical multiplying systems

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 673-686

  Gandini, Augusto ^a   Salvatores, Massimo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerator driven systems; MUSE experiments; Perturbation methods; Reactivity; Reactor kinetics; Reactor safety; Subcritical reactor

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

ACCELERATOR DRIVING SYSTEMS (ADS); REACTOR KINETICS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0036613194     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2002.9715249     Document Type: Article

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