Monte Carlo uncertainty analyses of pulsed activation in the national ignition facility gunite shielding

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 473-477

  Sanz, Javier ^a,b   Falquina, Rafael ^a   Rodriguez, Arturo ^a   Cabellos, Oscar ^b   Reyes, Susana ^c   Latkowski, Jeffery F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

National Ignition Facility; Pulsed activation; Uncertainty analysis of activation responses

Indexed keywords

IGNITION; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION SHIELDING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PULSED ACTIVATION;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0037963296     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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