Impact of Nuclear Data Uncertainties on Transmutation of Actinides in Accelerator-Driven Assemblies

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-50

  Aliberti, G ^a   Palmiotti, G ^a   Salvatores, M ^a,b   Stenberg, C G ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTOR CORES;

ACCELRATOR-DRIVEN ASSEMBLIES; DATA VALIDATION; DELAYED-NEUTRON FRACTION ASSESSMENT; TRANSMUTATION;

ACTINIDES;

EID: 0742269957     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE02-94     Document Type: Article

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