The effect of nuclear data on the mcnpx modeling of moderator level variations in the crocus critical facility

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 429-432

  Lebenhaft, Julian R ^a   Früh, René ^b   Chawla, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MCNPX; Moderator level; Nuclear data; Reactivity perturbations

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODERATORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); REACTOR CORES; URANIUM;

MODERATOR LEVEL; NUCLEAR DATA; REACTIVITY PRETURBATION;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0042198720     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2003.9715376     Document Type: Article

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