Neutron anisotropic scattering effect in heterogeneous cell calculations of light water reactors

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 464-480

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

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nuclear Engineering   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic scattering; Characteristics method; Gmvp; Heterogeneous square cell; Light water reactor; Macroband method; MOX fuel cell; Nelat; Transport correction; UO2fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FUEL CELLS; MODERATORS; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

MACROBAND METHODS;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0041919453     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2003.9715381     Document Type: Article

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