Experimental Determination of the Ratio of 238U Capture to 235U Fission in LEU-HTR Pebble-Bed Configurations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Koberl O ^a   Seiler, R ^b   Chawla, R ^b,c  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISSION REACTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

FUEL PEBBLES; HIGH ENRICHED URANIUM (HEU); LOW ENRICHED URANIUM (LEU); REACTION RATES;

URANIUM;

EID: 0842333944     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-A2391     Document Type: Article

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