Within-pin reaction rate distributions: CASMO-4 and HELIOS compared against tomographic measurements at the PROTEUS reactor

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Fauchère, C Pralong ^a,b   Murphy, M ^a   Jatuff, F ^a   Chawla, R ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BOILING WATER REACTORS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; FISSION PRODUCTS; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RATE CONSTANTS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS (BWR); BURNABLE ABSORBERS; PROTEUS REACTORS; WITHIN-PIN REACTION RATE DISTRIBUTIONS;

CORE ANALYSIS;

EID: 18844362629     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE05-A2499     Document Type: Article

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