Comparisons of cell calculations for uranium-free light water reactor fuels

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-176

  Paratte, Jean M ^a   Akie, Hiroshi ^b   Chawla, Rakesh ^a,c   Delpech, Marc ^d   Kloosterman, Jan Leen ^e,h   Lombardi, Carlo ^f   Mazzola, Alessandro ^f,i   Pelloni, Sandro ^a   Pénéliau, Yannick ^g   Takano, Hideki ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Dir Sci Vivant Dept d'E   (France)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^g CEA SACLAY   (France)

^h DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Snamprogetti SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLUTONIUM; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORIUM;

URANIUM FREE NUCLEAR FUELS;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 18144451611     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT00-A3084     Document Type: Article

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