Experimental investigation of variance-to-mean formula for periodic and pulsed neutron source

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-172

  Kitamura, Y ^a   Yamauchi, H ^a   Yamane, Y ^a   Misawa, T ^b   Ichihara, C ^b   Nakamura, H ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

PULSED NEUTRON GENERATOR;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0141818958     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(03)00188-9     Document Type: Article

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