The burnup capabilities of the Deep Burn Modular Helium Reactor analyzed by the Monte Carlo Continuous Energy Code MCB

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-196

  Talamo, Alberto ^a   Gudowski, Waclaw ^c   Venneri, Francesco ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; GRAPHITE; HELIUM; MODULATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BURNUP CAPABILITIES;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0141818957     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(03)00213-5     Document Type: Article

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