Application of burnable absorbers in an accelerator-driven system

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 96-106

  Wallenius, Jan ^a   Tuček, Kamil ^a   Carlsson, Johan ^a   Gudowski, Waclaw ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISSION REACTIONS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROBABILITY; REACTOR CORES; TEMPERATURE;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEM; BEGINNING OF LIFE; BURNABLE ABSORBERS; TRANSURANIC;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0342936099     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE01-A2178     Document Type: Article

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