Methodology of internal assessment of uncertainty and extension to neutron kinetics/thermal-hydraulics coupled codes

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-236

  Petruzzi, A ^a   D'Auria, F ^a   Giannotti, W ^a   Ivanov, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; KINETIC THEORY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

COMPLEX SYSTEM CODES; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; INTERNAL ASSESSMENT; NEUTRON KINETICS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 14544295749     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-26     Document Type: Article

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