Rigorous MCNP based shutdown dose rate calculations: Computational scheme, verification calculations and application to ITER

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 63-64, Issue , 2002, Pages 107-114

  Chen, Y ^a,b   Fischer, Ulrich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation; Fusion; ITER; Monte Carlo; Neutronics; Shutdown dose

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; FUSION REACTORS; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON ABSORPTION; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS;

INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS (ITER);

EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;

EID: 0036905497     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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