The characteristics and subgroup methods in square light water reactor cell calculations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-80

  Ushio, Tadashi ^a   Takeda, Toshikazu ^a   Mori, Masaaki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nuclear Engineering   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FUEL CELLS; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DANCOFF FACTOR METHOD; NEUTRON TRANSPORT CODE;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0037269939     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE03-A2318     Document Type: Article

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